FLAX RUST FUNGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flax rust fungus mean? 

• FLAX RUST FUNGUS (noun)
  The noun FLAX RUST FUNGUS has 1 sense:

1. fungus causing flax rust

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAX RUST FUNGUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fungus causing flax rust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

flax rust; flax rust fungus; Melampsora lini

Hypernyms ("flax rust fungus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("flax rust fungus" is a member of...):

genus Melampsora; Melampsora (rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer)