Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form-genus or stage in the development of fungi of the order Uredineæ.
- noun [lowercase] A receptacle or hymenium in which uredospores are produced.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (
Uredinales ), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. SeeUredinales , in the Supplement. - noun (Med.) Nettle rash. See
Urticaria .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A
summer stage in thelife history of certainrusts (Uredinales ), regarded at one time as a distinctgenus , and preceding theteleutospore , orwinter stage. - noun medicine
urticaria ;nettle-rash
Etymologies
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Latin, a blast, blight, a burning itch, from urere ("to burn or scorch").
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Examples
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A single "uredo"-spore from the Alaskan sample, as seen in a closeup via scanning electron microscope.
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A single "uredo"-spore from the Alaskan sample, as seen in a closeup via scanning electron microscope.
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A single "uredo"-spore from the Alaskan sample, as seen in a closeup via scanning electron microscope.
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A single "uredo"-spore from the Alaskan sample, as seen in a closeup via scanning electron microscope.
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sionnach commented on the word uredo
burning feeling of skin.
February 5, 2008