wheat rust
1Wheat rust — A disease of wheat and other grasses caused by the rust fungus {Puccinia graminis}; also, the fungus itself. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
2wheat rust — wheat′ rust n. ppa any of several diseases of wheat caused by rust fungi of the genus Puccinia[/ex] • Etymology: 1880–85 …
3wheat rust — n. a disease of wheat, caused by various rust fungi; esp., any of numerous stem rusts caused by a fungus (Puccinia graminis) harbored by certain barberries …
4wheat rust — noun rust fungus that attacks wheat • Syn: ↑Puccinia graminis • Hypernyms: ↑rust, ↑rust fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Puccinia, ↑genus Puccinia * * * noun …
5wheat rust — noun Date: 1870 a destructive disease of wheat caused by rust fungi; also a fungus (as Puccinia graminis) causing a wheat rust …
6wheat rust — Plant Pathol. any of several diseases of wheat caused by rust fungi of the genus Puccinia. [1880 85] * * * …
7Wheat leaf rust — Taxobox image caption = Symptons of wheat leaf rust name = Puccinia triticina regnum = Fungi phylum = Basidiomycota classis = Urediniomycetes ordo = Uredinales familia = Pucciniaceae genus = Puccinia species = P. triticina binomial = Puccinia… …
8rust fungus — noun any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants • Syn: ↑rust • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • Hyponyms: ↑flax rust, ↑flax rust fungus, ↑Melampsora lini, ↑ …
9wheat stem rust — noun : wheat rust 1a …
10rust — /rust/, n. 1. Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation. 2. any film or coating on metal caused …
