Definition of Blister rust

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: White Pine Blister Rust, White-pine Rust
Generic synonyms: Rust

2. Noun. Fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host.
Exact synonyms: Cronartium Ribicola
Generic synonyms: Rust, Rust Fungus
Group relationships: Cronartium, Genus Cronartium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blister Rust

blistered
blistering
blistering
blisteringly
blistering agent
blistering collodion
blisters
blistery
blister agent
blister beetle
blister beetle poisoning
blister blight
blister copper
blister pack
blister pack
blister rust (current term)
blite
blite
blites
blithe
blitheful
blithely
blitheness
blither
blithered
blithering
blithers
blithesome
blithesomely
blithest

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