Look up: Smut

1. smut
   Any of a number of plant diseases caused by the smut fungi (Ustilaginales); characterized by masses of dark, powdery, and sometimes odorous spores (e.g., stinking smut of wheat, common smut of maize).
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2. Smut
   A group of Basidiomycete fungi (order Ustilaginales) with sooty spore masses.
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3. smut
   [n] - destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores 2. [n] - any fungus of the order Ustilaginales 3. [v] - stain with a dirty substance, such as soot 4. [v] - become affected with smut, as of corn 5. [v]...
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4. smut
   large root particles emerging from a chimney often containing absorbed oil or sulphuric acid Category: Environment
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5. Smut
   Smut noun [ Akin to Swedish smuts , Danish smuds , Middle High German smuz , German schmutz , Dutch smet a spot or stain, smoddig , smodsig , smodderig , dirty, smodderen to smut; and pr...
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6. Smut
   Smut transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Smutted ; present participle & verbal noun Smutting .] 1. To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty s...
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7. Smut
   Smut intransitive verb 1. To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted. Mortimer. 2. To give off smut; to crock.
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8. smut
   1. Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter. ... 2. <chemical> Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults. ... 3. <botany> An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved int...
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9. smut
   smut fungus noun any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
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10. smut
    noun destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
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11. Smut
    • (v. t.) Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults. • (v. i.) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted. • (v. t.) To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance. • (v. t.) Foul m...
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12. smut
    disease of cereals, corn (maize), grasses, onion, and sorghum, caused by many species of fungi. It is characterized by resting bodies (spores) that ... [2 related articles]
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13. smut
    smut, name for an order of parasitic fungi (Ustilaginales) and the various diseases of plants caused by them. Smuts produce sootlike masses of spores on the host. The spore masses may break up into a dustlike powder readily scattered by wind (loose smuts) or remain more or less covered by a smooth m...
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14. Smut
    Smut (Ustilago) is a genus of zygomycetous fungi parasitic upon herbs and grasses. Several species of the genus are pests upon cultivated cereals, producing the conditions known as 'smut', 'black-ball' and 'chimney-sweeper'. The mycelial threads run between the cells of the deeper tissues and break ...
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15. smut
    Type: Term Pronunciation: smŭt Definitions: 1. A fungal disease of cereal grains caused by species of Ustilago and characterized by dark brown or black masses of spores on the plants; corn smut (U. maydis); loose smut of wheat (U. nuda)
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16. smut
    In botany, any of a group of parasitic fungi (see fungus) that infect flowering plants, particularly cereal grasses. (Order Ustilaginales.)
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17. Smut
    (fungus) The `smuts` are multicellular fungi, that are characterized by their large numbers of teliospores. The `smuts` get their name from a Germanic word for dirt because of their dark, thick-walled and dust-like teliospores. They are mostly Ustilaginomycetes (of the class Teliomycetae, sub...
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18. Smut
    (comics) `Smut` was a British adult comic that was launched in the late 1980s. "Smut" is a slang word - most common in Britain - for any form of media that is considered profane or offensive, particularly with regards to sexual content. Smut comic is named as such for a good ...
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