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CORNSMUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cornsmut mean?
• CORNSMUT (noun)
The noun CORNSMUT has 1 sense:
1. a smut fungus attacking Indian corn
Familiarity information: CORNSMUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A smut fungus attacking Indian corn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
corn smut; cornsmut
Hypernyms ("cornsmut" is a kind of...):
smut; smut fungus (any fungus of the order Ustilaginales)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cornsmut"):
boil smut; Ustilago maydis (a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass)
Holonyms ("cornsmut" is a member of...):
family Ustilaginaceae; Ustilaginaceae (a fungus family of loose smuts)
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