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Definition of Rubigo

1. n. same as Rust, n., 2.

Definition of Rubigo

1. red iron oxide [n -GOS]

Medical Definition of Rubigo

1. Same as Rust. Origin: L. Rubigo, robigo, rust of metals, rust, blight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubigo

Literary usage of Rubigo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Compendium of Food-microscopy with Sections on Drugs, Water, and Tobacco by Edwy Godwin Clayton, Arthur Hill Hassall (1909)
"Rust, Red Rag, Red Robin, or Red Gum (Uredo rubigo and U. linearis) ; Black ... U. rubigo and Í7. linearis are merely different stages of development of ..."

2. Diseases of Field and Garden Crops by Worthington George Smith (1884)
"Fragment of wheat leaf invaded by Undo rubigo- vera, DC, x 3 . 136 63. ... Section through a sorus of Uredo rubigo-vera, DC, x200 137 65. ..."

3. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"Some of the dates and observations are here given. July 21st, plate exposed 45 minutes. Found 2 Puccinia rubigo-vera in six mounts of the sediment. ..."

4. Diseases of Field and Garden Crops: Chiefly Such as are Caused by Fungi by Worthington George Smith (1884)
"Fragment of wheat leaf invaded by Uredo rubigo- vera, DC, x3 136 63. ... Fragment of wheat stem invaded by Puccinia rubigo-vera, DC, x 5 139 67. ..."

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