loose smut

/lus smət/

Definitions of loose smut

1. noun

   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
   type of:

   smut, smut fungus

   any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
2. noun

   disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores
   type of:

   smut

   destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores