wheat rust

wheat rust

n.

1. A destructive disease of wheat caused by a rust fungus.

2. Any of several rust fungi of the genus Puccinia that cause this disease.

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Noun

1.

wheat rust - rust fungus that attacks wheat Puccinia graminis rust fungus, rust - any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants genus Puccinia, Puccinia - type genus of the Pucciniaceae; a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to various economic plants