WHITE-PINE RUST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

blister rust; white-pine rust; white pine blister rust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("white-pine rust" is a kind of...):

rust (a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi)

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