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stinking smut
(redirected from Common bunt)

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stinking smut
n.
See bunt3.

stinking smut
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plant Pathology) a smut that affects wheat and is caused by the fungus Tilletia caries Also called bunt
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Noun1.stinking smut - disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
smut - destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
2.stinking smut - similar to Tilletia caries
smut fungus, smut - any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
genus Tilletia, Tilletia - a genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae


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