noun
a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes
• Hypernyms: ↑smut, ↑smut fungus
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noun : a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together for some time by the persistent grain membrane and glumes — compare loose smut
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covered smut,
a fungous disease of barley and other grains, in which spores enclosed in the glumes develop smut balls.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.