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stinking smut

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noun Plant Pathology.
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Origin of stinking smut

First recorded in 1890–95
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British Dictionary definitions for stinking smut

stinking smut

noun
a smut that affects wheat and is caused by the fungus Tilletia cariesAlso called: bunt
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