BOIL SMUT

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 I. (noun) 

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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:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("boil smut" is a kind of...):

corn smut; cornsmut (a smut fungus attacking Indian corn)

Holonyms ("boil smut" is a member of...):

genus Ustilago; Ustilago (type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts)

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