noun
parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes
• Syn: ↑Ustilaginales
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Basidiomycota, ↑subdivision Basidiomycota, ↑Basidiomycotina, ↑subdivision Basidiomycotina
• Member Meronyms: ↑smut, ↑smut fungus, ↑Ustilaginaceae, ↑family Ustilaginaceae, ↑Tilletiaceae, ↑family Tilletiaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.