Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of rust on plants, consisting of a parasitic fungus; mildew.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (bot.) same as
rust , n., 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany, obsolete
rust (fungal disease of plants)
Etymologies
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Latin
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Examples
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The rubigo is noticed as a lues venerea by Servius in
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Idleness of the mind is much worse than this of the body; wit without employment is a disease [1549] Aerugo animi, rubigo ingenii: the rust of the soul,
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Cuius cruoris contactu fruges non germinant, acescunt musta, moriuntur herbae, amittunt arbores fetus, ferrum rubigo corripit, nigrescunt aera.
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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The rubigo is noticed as a lues venerea by Servius in Virg.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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