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Noun: head smut  hed smút
  1. Smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut
    "Head smut infection reduced grain quality in the sorghum field";
    - Sphacelotheca reiliana

Derived forms: head smuts

Type of: smut, smut fungus

Part of: genus Sphacelotheca, Sphacelotheca