green smut

/grin smət/
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Definitions of green smut
  1. noun
    disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia
    synonyms: false smut
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    type of:
    smut
    destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
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