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smut fungus

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
smut -fun-gus
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any phytopathogenic fungus of the order Ustilaginales, which often cause darker colorations in their host plants.

Etymology

From smut (“soot, black smoke”) + fungus.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

smut fungi (plural) smut (alternative)

Synonyms

smut

Questions

What does smut fungus mean?
Any phytopathogenic fungus of the order Ustilaginales, which often cause darker colorations in their host plants.
Where does smut fungus come from?
From smut (“soot, black smoke”) + fungus.

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