stinking smut
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Definition
Noun: 1. A disease of wheat: A fungal disease affecting wheat plants, characterized by the transformation of the grain kernels into foul-smelling, greasy, black masses of spores. The scientific name for the fungus causing this disease is Tilletia caries.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The farmer's wheat crop was devastated by an outbreak of stinking smut.
- Stinking smut can significantly reduce both the yield and quality of harvested wheat.
- Controlling stinking smut often requires treating the seeds before planting.
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in agricultural and botanical contexts. It is a common name for a specific plant pathology.
- It can be used descriptively to emphasize ruin or contamination, though this is less common.
- The scandal was the stinking smut on an otherwise successful administration.
Variants and Related Words
- Bunt: This is another common name for the same disease (stinking smut is also called "common bunt").
- Tilletia caries: The scientific (Latin) name for the fungus that causes stinking smut.
- Covered smut: A related but different disease affecting other cereal grains like barley and oats.
Synonyms
- Common bunt
- Hill bunt (an older term)
Related Phrases and Collocations
- Infected with stinking smut: Describes wheat plants or fields affected by the disease.
- The entire field was infected with stinking smut.
- Stinking smut spores: Refers to the reproductive particles of the fungus.
- The stinking smut spores are released during harvest.
Noun
- similar to Tilletia caries
- disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores