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(noun) fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host |
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Synonyms: Cronartium ribicola |
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Related Words: rust, rust fungus |
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(noun) 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 |
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Synonyms: white pine blister rust, white-pine rust |
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Related Words: rust |
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