STEM RUST


Meaning of STEM RUST in English

Plant Pathol.

1. any of several fungal diseases of plants affecting the stems, esp. a disease of wheat and other grasses characterized by pustules of red and then black spores.

2. any of the fungi causing such a disease.

[ 1915-20 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .