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rust fungus

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various fungi of the order Uredinales, having complex life cycles and often reddish-orange spores, and infecting a wide variety of plants.

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  • noun any of many fungi, of the order Uredinales that cause the rust disease in plants

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants

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  1. fungus

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  1. apple rust
  2. blister rust
  3. cedar-apple rust
  4. cronartium ribicola
  5. flax rust
  6. flax rust fungus
  7. gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
  8. melampsora lini
  9. puccinia graminis
  10. wheat rust

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