onion smut

1. 1.

   smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings

   SynonymsUrocystis cepulae

   Broadersmut

Questions about onion smut

What does onion smut mean?

onion smut means "smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings".

What is another word for onion smut?

Close synonyms include Urocystis cepulae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is onion smut a common word?

onion 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.