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WHEAT FLAG SMUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wheat flag smut mean?
• WHEAT FLAG SMUT (noun)
The noun WHEAT FLAG SMUT has 1 sense:
1. fungus affecting leaves and stems of wheat
Familiarity information: WHEAT FLAG SMUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fungus affecting leaves and stems of wheat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Urocystis tritici; wheat flag smut
Hypernyms ("wheat flag smut" is a kind of...):
flag smut fungus (a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores)
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