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burnt ear

burnt ear noun: a disease of grain in the genus Ustilago resembling smut, but where the black powder that appears in the ear is external, and either the grain has never been formed or its coat has been destroyed, so that the whole ear appears black or burnt.

Noun

burnt ear (countable and uncountable, plural burnt ears)

  1. (uncountable) A disease of grain in the genus Ustilago resembling smut, but where the black powder that appears in the ear is external, and either the grain has never been formed or its coat has been destroyed, so that the whole ear appears black or burnt.
  2. (countable) An ear of grain affected by this disease.

Forms of burnt ear

pluralburnt ears

Questions about burnt ear

What does burnt ear mean?
Burnt ear means a disease of grain in the genus Ustilago resembling smut, but where the black powder that appears in the ear is external, and either the grain has never been formed or its coat has been destroyed, so that the whole ear appears black or burnt.
What part of speech is burnt ear?
Burnt ear is a noun.
What is the plural of burnt ear?
The plural of burnt ear is burnt ears.

Words near burnt ear in the dictionary

  1. Burnt Bridge
  2. burnt coal
  3. burnt cream
  4. burnt daylight
  5. burnt down
  6. burnt ear
  7. burnt ears
  8. burnt ends
  9. Burnt Hills
  10. burnt in
  11. Burnt Islands

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