cornsmut

English Thesaurus

1. a smut fungus attacking Indian corn (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	smut, smut fungus,
definition	:	any fungus of the order Ustilaginales (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	boil smut, ustilago maydis,
definition	:	a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family ustilaginaceae, ustilaginaceae,
definition	:	a fungus family of loose smuts (noun.plant)