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Blister Rust

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Noun

1. blister rust, white pine blister rust, white-pine rust

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

2. blister rust, cronartium ribicola

fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Blister Rust

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noun
a disease of certain pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium, causing swellings on the bark from which orange masses of spores are released

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Blister Rust

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a destructive disease of white pines, caused by a fungus (Cronartium ribicola) that produces orange-colored blisters on the bark and branch tips

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Blister Rust

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n.
Any of several diseases of certain pine trees caused by fungi of the genus Cronartium, resulting in conspicuous blistering, dieback of affected areas, and often death of the tree.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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