Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a disease of plants commonly called
rust (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the
rust , from its resemblance to iron rust in color.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
disease ofplants caused byfungus ;rust .
Etymologies
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Latin, iron rust, from ferrum ("iron").
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