wheat flag smut

/wit flæg smət/
/hwit flæg smət/
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Definitions of wheat flag smut
  1. noun
    fungus affecting leaves and stems of wheat
    synonyms: Urocystis tritici
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    type of:
    flag smut fungus
    a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores
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