ustilaginousadj.
/ʌstɪˈladʒɪnəs/ Botany.
1. Resembling, belonging or allied to, Ustilago.
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mouldy1579
predacious1713
mucedinous1854
mucorinous1857
ustilaginous1857
mucoraceous1862
mucorioid1865
uredinous1865
mucorinious1874
mucorine1880
autoecious1882
heteroecious1882
metoecious1882
metoxenous1887
uredine1889
ustilagineous1889
mycorrhizal1900
mycorrhizic1904
sphacelial1909
rhynchosporium1918
mucorine1942
1857 M. J. Berkeley Introd. Cryptogamic Bot. 323 Besides the Ustilaginous species, there are others.
1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 283.
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2. ‘Affected with ustilago; smutty’ ( Cent. Dict.).
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adj.1857