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单词 smut-ball
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smut-balln.

Etymology: < smut n. 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmut-ball.
A single grain of wheat or other cereal affected by smut or bunt; a cohesive body of smut.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > smut or smutty condition > grain affected by
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1745 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd II. July xii. 130 Many whole Ears [of wheat] have nothing but Smut-balls in them, and others Part Smut-balls, and Part Pepper-wheat in them.
a1761 S. Hales in J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry (1763) III. 128 The moisture that was equal to the weight of the smut-balls and smut that was washed from the wheat.
1801 Farmer's Mag. Apr. 154 The grains were..rubbed between the hands, in such a manner as to break the whole of the smut balls.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 954 A longitudinal section of a smut-ball taken when the stamens are fully formed within the corolla.
1883 Good Words Nov. 736/1 Bunt..is known by various names in different parts of the country, as smut-balls, bladder-brand, stinking-rust, &c.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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