cornsmut

Definitions of cornsmut
  1. noun
    a smut fungus attacking Indian corn
    synonyms: corn smut
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    types:
    Ustilago maydis, boil smut
    a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass
    type of:
    smut, smut fungus
    any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
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