green smut
- noun
- Specialized
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mohos verdes
- Farmers reported widespread green smut in their rice paddies after the rainy season.
Examples
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The presence of green smut reduces both the yield and quality of the rice crop.
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Researchers are developing new ways to control green smut outbreaks in rice fields.
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Farmers are concerned about green smut affecting their rice crops.
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The green smut outbreak has devastated many fields.
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Farmers reported widespread green smut in their rice paddies after the rainy season.
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The presence of green smut reduces both the yield and quality of the rice crop.
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Researchers are developing new ways to control green smut outbreaks in rice fields.
Synonyms
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A plant disease that makes black powder on grain plants like wheat
A disease of rice that covers the grains with a green powder of fungus spores
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun phrase where the adjective 'green' modifies the noun 'smut' (a fungal disease), so knowing both words lets a learner infer it refers to a smut disease characterized by green spores/powder on the grains. This follows normal compositional patterns (color + disease) found across languages, so the overall meaning is directly derivable from its parts.
Etymology
The term green smut comes from how the problem looks on rice: grains become covered with a green, dusty growth. Farmers used the word smut to mean 'soot' or dirty dust, so the color green plus that dusty look led to the name green smut, meaning a rice 'disease' where the grains are coated with green powder.