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HEAD SMUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does head smut mean?
• HEAD SMUT (noun)
The noun HEAD SMUT has 1 sense:
1. smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut
Familiarity information: HEAD SMUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
head smut; Sphacelotheca reiliana
Hypernyms ("head smut" is a kind of...):
smut; smut fungus (any fungus of the order Ustilaginales)
Holonyms ("head smut" is a member of...):
genus Sphacelotheca; Sphacelotheca (genus of smut fungus)
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