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ustilagos

ustilagos is the plural of ustilago.

Meaning of ustilago

Noun

ustilago (plural ustilagos or ustilagoes)

  1. Any of the genus Ustilago of smut fungi, parasitic on grasses.
    • It was generally believed, before the experiments made by M. Kuhn, but without any foundation, and upon simple conjecture, that the seminules or spores of the ustilagoes and uredoes of the cereals penetrate by the radicles of the plant in order to arrive, creeping by degrees, to the leaves and...1859, The Farmer's Magazine, page 524

Questions about ustilagos

What is ustilagos the plural of?
Ustilagos is the plural of ustilago.

Words near ustilagos in the dictionary

  1. ustilaginomycetous
  2. ustilaginomycotinous
  3. ustilaginous
  4. ustilago
  5. ustilagoes
  6. ustilagos
  7. ustiloxin
  8. ustiloxins
  9. Ustinov
  10. Ustinovian
  11. Ustinovs

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