| NOUN | plant | Cronartium ribicola, blister rust | fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host |
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| Meaning | fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host. | |
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| Synonym | blister rust | |
| Member of | Cronartium, genus Cronartium | rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns |
| Broader | rust, rust fungus | Any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants |
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