smut

Noun
  1. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink (synset 114817703)
    is a type of: atomic number 6, c, carbon - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
    same as: carbon black, crock, lampblack, soot
  2. Destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores (synset 114307134)
    is a type of: plant disease - a disease that affects plants
    subtypes:
    • loose smut - disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores
    • bunt, stinking smut - disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
    • flag smut - smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses
    • false smut, green smut - disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia
  3. Any fungus of the order Ustilaginales (synset 113086889)
    is a type of: fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
    subtypes:
    • covered smut - a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes
    • loose smut - a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores
    • corn smut, cornsmut - a smut fungus attacking Indian corn
    • genus sphacelotheca, sphacelotheca - genus of smut fungus
    • head smut, sphacelotheca reiliana - smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut
    • bunt, tilletia caries - fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
    • bunt, stinking smut, tilletia foetida - similar to Tilletia caries
    • onion smut, urocystis cepulae - smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings
    • flag smut fungus - a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores
    belongs to: order ustilaginales, ustilaginales - parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes
    same as: smut fungus
  4. An offensive or indecent word or phrase (synset 107139048)
    domain member usage:
    is a type of: profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action
    subtypes:
    • bawdry, bawdy - lewd or obscene talk or writing
    • scatology - a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions)
    same as: dirty word, filth, obscenity, vulgarism
  5. Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire (synset 100748513)
    is a type of: creation, creative activity - the human act of creating
    subtypes: child pornography, kiddie porn, kiddy porn - the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films
    same as: erotica, porn, porno, pornography
Verb
  1. Make obscene (synset 200584836)
    "This line in the play smuts the entire act"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  2. Stain with a dirty substance, such as soot (synset 200287558)
    is a type of: stain - produce or leave stains
  3. Become affected with smut (synset 200210907)
    "the corn smutted and could not be eaten"
    is a type of: mildew, mold - become moldy; spoil due to humidity
  4. Affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn (synset 200088906)
    referred to in: agriculture, farming, husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
    is a type of: infect, taint - contaminate with a disease or microorganism

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