English noun: loose smut | |||
1. | loose smut (state) disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores | ||
Broader (hypernym) | smut | ||
2. | loose smut (plant) a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores | ||
Broader (hypernym) | smut, smut fungus | ||
Member meronym | genus Ustilago, Ustilago | ||