| prop. n. | 1. | A natural family of rust fungi. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Melampsoraceae - rust fungi fungus family - includes lichen families order Uredinales, Uredinales - rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in genus Melampsora, Melampsora - rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer Cronartium, genus Cronartium - rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns |
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