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FLAX RUST

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Dictionary entry overview: What does flax rust mean?

• FLAX RUST (noun)
The noun FLAX RUST has 1 sense:

1. fungus causing flax rust

Familiarity information: FLAX RUST used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FLAX RUST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Fungus causing flax rust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

flax rust; flax rust fungus; Melampsora lini

Hypernyms ("flax rust" is a kind of...):

rust; rust fungus (any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants)

Holonyms ("flax rust" is a member of...):

genus Melampsora; Melampsora (rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer)

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