English noun: blister rust |
1. | blister rust (state) 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 |
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| Synonyms | white pine blister rust, white-pine rust |
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| Broader (hypernym) | rust |
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2. | blister rust (plant) fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host |
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| Synonyms | Cronartium ribicola |
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| Broader (hypernym) | rust, rust fungus |
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| Member meronym | Cronartium, genus Cronartium |
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