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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of parasitic fungi, the type of the order Ustilagineæ, causing, under the name of smut, some of the most destructive of the fungus-diseases of plants.
  • noun [lowercase] Smut. See smut, 3.

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  • noun Any of the genus Ustilago of smut fungi parasitic on grasses.

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  • noun type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts

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From the genus name.

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