USTILAGO MAYDIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ustilago maydis mean? 

• USTILAGO MAYDIS (noun)
  The noun USTILAGO MAYDIS has 1 sense:

1. a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass

  Familiarity information: USTILAGO MAYDIS used as a noun is very rare.

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• USTILAGO MAYDIS (noun)

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Meaning:

A common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

boil smut; Ustilago maydis

Hypernyms ("Ustilago maydis" is a kind of...):

corn smut; cornsmut (a smut fungus attacking Indian corn)

Holonyms ("Ustilago maydis" is a member of...):

genus Ustilago; Ustilago (type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts)