wheat rust

wheat rust
noun
rust fungus that attacks wheat
Syn: ↑Puccinia graminis
Hypernyms: ↑rust, ↑rust fungus
Member Holonyms: ↑Puccinia, ↑genus Puccinia

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noun
1. : any of three destructive diseases of wheat caused by rust fungi: as
a. : stem rust of wheat that may attack leaf sheathes, leaves, and spike, as well as the culm of the plant
b. : orange leaf rust of wheat
c. : stripe rust of wheat
2. : a rust fungus (as Puccinia graminis) that attacks wheat

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Plant Pathol.
any of several diseases of wheat caused by rust fungi of the genus Puccinia.
[1880-85]

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wheat rust,
1. any one of various fungi that attack the roots of wheat plants, and produce reddish rust marks on the stems and leaves.
2. a plant disease caused by such fungi.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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