| NOUN | plant | boil smut, Ustilago maydis | a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass |
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| Meaning | A common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass. | |
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| Synonym | Ustilago maydis | |
| Member of | Ustilago, genus Ustilago | type genus of the Ustilaginaceae |
| Broader | cornsmut, corn smut | A smut fungus attacking Indian corn |
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