corn smut

English

Maize affected by corn smut

Noun

corn smut (countable and uncountable, plural corn smuts)

A fungus that affects corn (maize), taxonomic name Ustilago maydis, which induces tumors in the plant, known to be eaten as a delicacy.

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Translations

fungus

Catalan: carbó del blat de moro m, carbó de la dacsa m
Dutch: builenbrand m, maisbrand m
Finnish: maissin nokisieni
French: charbon du maïs m
German: Maisbeulenbrand m
Korean: 옥수수흑수병 (oksusuheuksubyeong)
Navajo: dą́ʼáchaan
Polish: głownia kukurydzy f
Spanish: huitlacoche m, cuitlacoche m
Swedish: majssot n
Welsh: parddu indrawn m

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