CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cronartium ribicola mean? 

• CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA (noun)
  The noun CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA has 1 sense:

1. fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host

  Familiarity information: CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA (noun)

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Meaning:

Fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blister rust; Cronartium ribicola

Hypernyms ("Cronartium ribicola" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Cronartium ribicola" is a member of...):

Cronartium; genus Cronartium (rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns)