smut grass — noun grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus • Syn: ↑blackseed, ↑carpet grass, ↑Sporobolus poiretii • Hypernyms: ↑dropseed, ↑drop seed • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Smut (fungus) — The smuts are fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes (of the class Teliomycetae, subphylum Basidiomycota), that cause plant disease.Smuts affect grasses, notably including cereal crops such as maize. They initially attack the plant s reproductive system … Wikipedia
smut — A fungal disease of cereal grains caused by species of Ustilago and characterized by dark brown or black masses of spores on the plants; e.g., corn s. (U. maydis); loose s. of wheat (U. nuda) * * * smut smət n any of various destructive diseases… … Medical dictionary
carpet grass — noun grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus • Syn: ↑smut grass, ↑blackseed, ↑Sporobolus poiretii • Hypernyms: ↑dropseed, ↑drop seed • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
tussock grass — noun : any of various grasses or sedges that typically grow in tussocks: as a. : a tall stout cespitose grass (Poa flabellata) valuable for fodder introduced into Scotland from the Falkland islands b. : an Australian grass (Poa caespitosa) c. :… … Useful english dictionary
grain smut — noun : a smut that attacks a cereal grass; especially : a kernel smut as distinguished from one invading the entire inflorescence … Useful english dictionary
blackseed — noun grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus • Syn: ↑smut grass, ↑carpet grass, ↑Sporobolus poiretii • Hypernyms: ↑dropseed, ↑drop seed • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Sporobolus — noun cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass) • Syn: ↑Sporobolus • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Sporobolus — noun cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass) • Syn: ↑genus Sporobolus • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae … Useful english dictionary
drop-seed — noun a grass of the genus Sporobolus • Syn: ↑dropseed • Hypernyms: ↑grass • Hyponyms: ↑smut grass, ↑blackseed, ↑carpet grass, ↑Sporobolus poiretii, ↑ … Useful english dictionary