orange leaf rust

orange leaf rust
noun
: a rust of wheat and other grasses caused by a fungus (Puccinia triticina), characterized by orange-colored pustules on the leaves, resulting in decreased yield and quality of grain, and involving as alternate host of the parasite a meadow rue or related plant

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