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TILLETIA CARIES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
Synonyms:
bunt; Tilletia caries
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tilletia caries" is a kind of...):
smut; smut fungus (any fungus of the order Ustilaginales)
Holonyms ("Tilletia caries" is a member of...):
genus Tilletia; Tilletia (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae)
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