rust fungus
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1. any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fungus, |
| definition | : | an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | blister rust, cronartium ribicola, |
| definition | : | fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | aecium, |
| definition | : | fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | aeciospore, |
| definition | : | spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | order uredinales, uredinales, |
| definition | : | rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in (noun.plant) |
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