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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
urocyst . - noun [capitalized] A genus of ustilagineous fungi, containing several very destructive species, as U. Cepulæ, the smut of onions, U. pompholygodes on Ranunculaceæ, etc. See
onion-smut .
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- noun a genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae
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