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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


Synonymswhite pine blister rust, white-pine rust


Broader (hypernym)rust

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


SynonymsCronartium ribicola


Broader (hypernym)rust, rust fungus


Member meronymCronartium, genus Cronartium









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