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  Word: Smut

  ID	Word	Wordtype	Definition
  143869	Smut	v. t.	An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.

  
  

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