ˌəstəˌlajəˈnāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Ustilagin-, Ustilago, type genus + -aceae
: a large and economically important family of smut fungi (order Ustilaginales) that produce chlamydospores which germinate to form a several-celled promycelium either bearing terminal and lateral sporidia or forming an infection hypha
• us·ti·lag·i·na·ceous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|nāshəs adjective