| NOUN | plant | Tilletia caries, bunt | fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores |
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| Meaning | fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores. | |
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| Synonym | bunt | |
| Member of | Tilletia, genus Tilletia | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae |
| Broader | smut, smut fungus | Any fungus of the order Ustilaginales |
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