GYMNOSPORANGIUM JUNIPERI-VIRGINIANAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae mean? 

• GYMNOSPORANGIUM JUNIPERI-VIRGINIANAE (noun)
  The noun GYMNOSPORANGIUM JUNIPERI-VIRGINIANAE has 1 sense:

1. rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc

  Familiarity information: GYMNOSPORANGIUM JUNIPERI-VIRGINIANAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYMNOSPORANGIUM JUNIPERI-VIRGINIANAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

apple rust; cedar-apple rust; Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae

Hypernyms ("Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae" is a member of...):

genus Gymnosporangium; Gymnosporangium (genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae)