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USTILAGO MAYDIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass
Synonyms:
boil smut; Ustilago maydis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ustilago maydis" is a kind of...):
corn smut; cornsmut (a smut fungus attacking Indian corn)
Holonyms ("Ustilago maydis" is a member of...):
genus Ustilago; Ustilago (type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts)
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