smut ball

smut ball
noun
1. : the spore mass into which the ovary of the host is converted by the stinking smut organism — compare bunt II

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smut ball,
1. the ball of black powder into which an ear of grain is changed by the smut fungus.
2. = puffball. (Cf.puffball)

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