burnt ear (English, noun)
expansion: burnt ear (countable and uncountable, plural burnt ears)
Senses:
glosses: A disease of grain in the genus Ustilago resembling smut, but where the black powder that appears in the ear is external, and either the grain has never been formed or its coat has been destroyed, so that the whole ear appears black or burnt.
tags: uncountable
glosses: An ear of grain affected by this disease.
tags: countable
Forms:
form: burnt ears
tags: plural