Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A reddish pustulelike structure that is formed in the tissue of a plant infected by a rust fungus and produces urediniospores.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name used by Arthur for the uredosorus of uredineal fungi.
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- noun biology The reddish
pustule that occurs on the leaves of a plant infected withrust fungus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin ūrēdinium, from Latin ūrēdō, ūrēdin-, blight, from ūrere, to burn.]
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