smut


Definition: Meaning of, smut in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / smʌt /

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  1. [uncountable] books, stories, talk etc that offend some people because they are about sex
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  2. [uncountable and countable] dirt or SOOT (= black powder produced by burning), or a piece of dirt or SOOT
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smut used in phrases

  • boil smut (noun)
    1. a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass
  • covered smut (noun)
    1. a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes
  • false smut (noun)
    1. disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia
  • flag smut (noun)
    1. smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses
  • flag smut fungus (noun)
    1. 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
  • green smut (noun)
    1. disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia
  • green smut fungus (noun)
    1. fungus causing green smut in rice
  • head smut (noun)
    1. smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut
  • loose smut (noun)
    1. disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores
    2. a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores
  • onion smut (noun)
    1. smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings
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