noun
a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster
• Syn: ↑family Tilletiaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ustilaginales, ↑order Ustilaginales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Tilletia, ↑genus Tilletia, ↑Urocystis, ↑genus Urocystis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.