loose smut

Noun loose smut has 2 senses

• loose smut(n = noun.state) - disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores;
is a kind of smut

• loose smut(n = noun.plant) - a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores;
is a kind of smut, smut fungus
is a member of genus ustilago, ustilago