covered smut

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   a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes

   Broadersmut

Questions about covered smut

What does covered smut mean?

covered smut means "a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes".

Is covered smut a common word?

covered smut is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.