corn smut

English

Maize affected by corn smut

Noun

corn smut (countable and uncountable, plural corn smuts)

1. A fungus that affects corn (maize), taxonomic name Ustilago maydis, which induces tumors in the plant, known to be eaten as a delicacy.

Synonyms

• huitlacoche
• maize mushroom

Translations

fungus

• Catalan: carbó del blat de moro m, carbó de la dacsa m
• Dutch: builenbrand m, maisbrand m
• Finnish: maissin nokisieni
• French: charbon du maïs m
• German: Maisbeulenbrand m
• Korean: 옥수수흑수병 (oksusuheuksubyeong)
• Navajo: dą́ʼáchaan
• Polish: głownia kukurydzy f
• Spanish: huitlacoche m, cuitlacoche m
• Swedish: majssot n
• Welsh: parddu indrawn m