WHEAT RUST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Rust fungus that attacks wheat

Synonyms:

Puccinia graminis; wheat rust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wheat rust" is a kind of...):

rust; rust fungus (any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants)

Holonyms ("wheat rust" is a member of...):

genus Puccinia; Puccinia (type genus of the Pucciniaceae; a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to various economic plants)

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