flag smut

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   smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses

   Broadersmut

Questions about flag smut

What does flag smut mean?

flag smut means "smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses".

Is flag smut a common word?

flag smut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.