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BLISTER RUST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host
Synonyms:
blister rust; Cronartium ribicola
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blister rust" is a kind of...):
rust; rust fungus (any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants)
Holonyms ("blister rust" is a member of...):
Cronartium; genus Cronartium (rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally
Synonyms:
blister rust; white-pine rust; white pine blister rust
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("blister rust" is a kind of...):
rust (a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi)
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