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Definition of Cornsmut
1. Noun. A smut fungus attacking Indian corn.
Generic synonyms: Smut, Smut Fungus
Group relationships: Family Ustilaginaceae, Ustilaginaceae
Specialized synonyms: Boil Smut, Ustilago Maydis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornsmut
Literary usage of Cornsmut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"Habitat.—Europe, on the oak (Quercus) and beech (Fagus). Uses.—-Externally for
arresting hemorrhage. USTILAGO.—cornsmut. Origin.—Ustilago May'dis, Léveillé. ..."
2. Handbook of Pharmacognosy by Otto Augustus Wall (1917)
"Ustilago N. cornsmut.—0. The whole plant Ustilago Maydis; Funga- les.—H. Grows on
all parts of Indian corn, Zea Mays (Gramin- Fig. ..."
3. A Companion to the United States Pharmacopoeia by Oscar Oldberg, Otto Augustus Wall (1884)
"cornsmut, reduced. (Appearance on ear of corn.) Habitat.—Grows on all parts of
corn (Zea Mays), especially upon the ear. Description. ..."
4. Notes on Pharmacognosy by Otto Augustus Wall (1902)
"N. cornsmut.—o. The whole plant Ustilago May- dis; Fungi.— H. Grows on all parts
of Indian corn, Zea Mays (Gram- ..."
5. A Manual of Organic Materia Medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1882)
"cornsmut. Origin. — Ustilago Maydis, Lev. Natural order, Fungi. Habitat.—Upon
all parts of Zea Mays, Lin., most frequently upon the fruit. Description. ..."
6. Fenner's Working Formulae, a Hand-book of the Old and the New Pharmacopoeias by Byron Fenner (1884)
"Used in uterine hemorrhage, gravel, dropsy, jaundice, etc. Dose of powder, 30 to
60 grains; of fluid extract, 30 to 60 minims. USTILAGO—cornsmut, Corn Egot. ..."
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