head smut — noun smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut • Syn: ↑Sphacelotheca reiliana • Hypernyms: ↑smut, ↑smut fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sphacelotheca, ↑genus Sphacelotheca * * * … Useful english dictionary
head smut — Plant Pathol. a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by a dark brown, powdery mass of spores replacing the affected seed heads, caused by any of several smut fungi of the genera Sorosporium, Sphacelotheca, and Ustilago. * * * … Universalium
smut fungus — noun any fungus of the order Ustilaginales • Syn: ↑smut • Derivationally related forms: ↑smut (for: ↑smut) • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • H … Useful english dictionary
Smut (comics) — [http://www.smutcomic.co.uk Official site] Smut is the name of a British adult comic that has been running since the late 1980s. Smut is a slang word most common in Britain for any form of media that is considered profane of offensive,… … Wikipedia
corn smut — noun a smut fungus attacking Indian corn • Syn: ↑cornsmut • Hypernyms: ↑smut, ↑smut fungus • Hyponyms: ↑boil smut, ↑Ustilago maydis • Member Holon … Useful english dictionary
sorghum smut — noun 1. : a smut attacking sorghum; especially : head smut 2. : an organism causing a sorghum smut … Useful english dictionary
loose smut — noun 1. disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores • Hypernyms: ↑smut 2. a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores • Hypernyms: ↑smut … Useful english dictionary
Loose smut — Taxobox color = lightblue name = Ustilago nuda regnum = Fungi phylum = Basidiomycota classis = Ustilaginomycetes subclassis = Ustilaginomycetidae ordo = Ustilaginales familia = Ustilaginaceae genus = Ustilago species = U. nuda binomial = Ustilago … Wikipedia
False loose smut — Taxobox color = lightblue name = Ustilago nigra regnum = Fungi phylum = Basidiomycota classis = Ustilaginomycetes subclassis = Ustilaginomycetidae ordo = Ustilaginales familia = Ustilaginaceae genus = Ustilago species = U. nigra binomial =… … Wikipedia
loose smut — noun Date: 1890 a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores … New Collegiate Dictionary
Sphacelotheca — noun genus of smut fungus • Syn: ↑genus Sphacelotheca • Hypernyms: ↑smut, ↑smut fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ustilaginaceae, ↑family Ustilaginaceae … Useful english dictionary
