burnt ears

A form of burnt ear — A disease of grain in the genus Ustilago resembling smut, but where the black powder that appears in the ear is external, and either the grain has never been formed or its coat has been destroyed, so that the whole ear appears black or burnt.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of burnt ear
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