HyperDic: tilletia_caries

English > 1 sense of the expression Tilletia caries:
NOUNplantTilletia caries, buntfungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
English > Tilletia caries: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores.
Synonymbunt
Member ofTilletia, genus TilletiaA genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae
Broadersmut, smut fungusAny fungus of the order Ustilaginales

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