wheat flag smut
- noun
- Specialized
:
carbón de la bandera del trigo
- The wheat flag smut disease caused dark streaks on the leaves, reducing the overall yield.
Examples
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The farmer lost a significant portion of his crop to wheat flag smut last season.
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Researchers are developing resistant wheat varieties to combat wheat flag smut.
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Early detection of wheat flag smut can help prevent widespread damage.
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Farmers are concerned about wheat flag smut affecting their crops.
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The wheat flag smut outbreak reduced the yield significantly.
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Farmers are concerned about how wheat flag smut might impact their harvest this year.
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To prevent wheat flag smut, farmers must monitor their fields for early signs of the infection.
Synonyms
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A plant disease that makes black powder on grain plants like wheat
A disease of wheat and other grasses that makes dark powdery streaks on leaves and stems
A disease of wheat and other grasses that makes dark streaks and black dust
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built: 'smut' denotes a fungal disease and the preceding nouns ('wheat' + 'flag') specify the host/plant part, so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it refers to a type of smut affecting wheat (specifically the flag/leaf). Although botanical terminology is somewhat technical, the noun‑noun compounding pattern is regular and cross‑linguistically common, making the meaning derivable from the parts.
Etymology
The name wheat flag smut may come from the dark streaks the fungus makes on the top leaf of the plant, a leaf farmers call the flag, while smut means 'a fungus that hurts plants'. So the phrase refers to that fungus that makes dark marks and harms the wheat crop.