Associations to the word «Ustilaginaceae»

Wiktionary

USTILAGINACEAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Ustilaginales   — fungi in which basidiospores bud from the sides of the septate epibasidium.

Dictionary definition

USTILAGINACEAE, noun. A fungus family of loose smuts.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats