a. Bot. [f. mod.L. Ustilagine-æ (see def.) + -OUS.] Of or pertaining to the Ustilagineæ (brand fungi).
1889. Plowright, Brit. Uredineæ, x. 60. One peculiarity of most of the Ustilagineous mycelia.
1900. B. D. Jackson, Gloss. Bot. Terms, 283. Usterophyte, Berkeleys name for one of the Ustilagineous Fungi.