boil smut meaning

Noun: boil smut  boyl smút

1. A common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass
   - Ustilago maydis

Derived forms: boil smuts

Type of: corn smut, cornsmut

Part of: genus Ustilago, Ustilago

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