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WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white pine blister rust mean? 

WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST (noun)
  The noun WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST has 1 sense:

1. 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 externallyplay

  Familiarity information: WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST (noun)


Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("white pine blister 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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