WHITE-PINE RUST

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

• WHITE-PINE RUST (noun)
  The noun WHITE-PINE 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 externally

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE-PINE 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 rust" is a kind of...):

rust (a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi)