smut
n 1: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally
of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
[syn: {carbon black}, {lampblack}, {soot}]
2: destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses)
caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of
spores
3: any fungus of the order Usrilaginales [syn: {smut fungus}]
v 1: stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
2: become affected with smut, as of corn
3: affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn