WHEAT RUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wheat rust mean? 

• WHEAT RUST (noun)
  The noun WHEAT RUST has 1 sense:

1. rust fungus that attacks wheat

  Familiarity information: WHEAT RUST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHEAT RUST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rust fungus that attacks wheat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Puccinia graminis; wheat rust

Hypernyms ("wheat rust" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("wheat rust" 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)