PUCCINIA GRAMINIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rust fungus that attacks wheat

Synonyms:

Puccinia graminis; wheat rust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Puccinia graminis" is a kind of...):

rust; rust fungus (any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants)

Holonyms ("Puccinia graminis" is a member of...):

genus Puccinia; Puccinia (type genus of the Pucciniaceae; a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to various economic plants)

Credits