bunt3
Pronunciation: /bʌnt/
(also wheat bunt)
Definition of bunt
noun
- a disease of wheat caused by a smut fungus, the spores of which give off a smell of rotten fish. Also called stinking smut.
- The fungus is Tilletia caries, class Teliomycetes
Origin:
early 17th century (denoting the puffball fungus): of unknown origin