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FALSE SMUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does false smut mean?
• FALSE SMUT (noun)
The noun FALSE SMUT has 1 sense:
1. disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia
Familiarity information: FALSE SMUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
false smut; green smut
Hypernyms ("false smut" is a kind of...):
smut (destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores)
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