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stinking smut

noun

Plant Pathology.

stinking smut

noun

  1. a smut that affects wheat and is caused by the fungus Tilletia caries Also calledbunt
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stinking smut1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Bunt or stinking smut is so called because it has an objectionable smell, which makes its presence known in the grain and deteriorates its value.

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Bunt, or stinking smut, is caused by two different species of microscopic fungi which live as parasites in the wheat plant.

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