TILLETIA CARIES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores

Synonyms:

bunt; Tilletia caries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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