charbon

Definitions of charbon
  1. noun
    destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
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    type of:
    maladie des plantes
    a disease that affects plants
  2. noun
    any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
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    type of:
    champignon
    an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
  3. noun
    fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
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    types:
    anthracite
    a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat
    lignite
    intermediate between peat and bituminous coal
    type of:
    combustible fossile
    fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content
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