CORN SMUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corn smut mean? 

• CORN SMUT (noun)
  The noun CORN SMUT has 1 sense:

1. a smut fungus attacking Indian corn

  Familiarity information: CORN SMUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORN SMUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A smut fungus attacking Indian corn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

corn smut; cornsmut

Hypernyms ("corn smut" is a kind of...):

smut; smut fungus (any fungus of the order Ustilaginales)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corn smut"):

boil smut; Ustilago maydis (a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass)

Holonyms ("corn smut" is a member of...):

family Ustilaginaceae; Ustilaginaceae (a fungus family of loose smuts)