ustilago
See also: Ustilago
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
ustilago (plural ustilagos or ustilagoes)
- Any of the genus Ustilago of smut fungi parasitic on grasses.
- 1859, The Farmer's Magazine, page 524:
- It was generally believed, before the experiments made by M. Kuhn, but without any foundation, and upon simple conjecture, that the seminules or spores of the ustilagoes and uredoes of the cereals penetrate by the radicles of the plant in order to arrive, creeping by degrees, to the leaves and seeds of those vegetables.
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See also
- corn smut
- huitlacoche
Latin
Etymology
From ustus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /us.tiˈlaː.ɡoː/, [ʊs.tɪˈɫaː.ɡoː]
Noun
ustilāgō f (genitive ustilāginis); third declension
- A kind of wild thistle
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ustilāgō | ustilāginēs |
| Genitive | ustilāginis | ustilāginum |
| Dative | ustilāginī | ustilāginibus |
| Accusative | ustilāginem | ustilāginēs |
| Ablative | ustilāgine | ustilāginibus |
| Vocative | ustilāgō | ustilāginēs |
References
- ustilago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ustilago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette