Smut- any of more than 700 species of parasitic fungi that attack flowering plants, including economically important cereal grasses. Many smuts feed on maturing plant tissue and then reproduce through a blisterlike sorus that breaks open, releasing black, powdery spores. Among smuts that stunt or destroy grains is the common corn smut, Ustilago maydis, which forms gray-black tumors on or near the ears of corn.
Hooker- A player on a rugby team. or... Hooker-A single-masted fishing smack used off the coast of Ireland.
