stinking smut

noun Plant Pathology.

bunt³.

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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