crown rust


crown rust

noun

Definition of CROWN RUST

: a leaf rust of oats and other grasses that is caused by a fungus (Puccinia coronata) and is characterized by rounded light-orange uredinia and buried telia

First Known Use of CROWN RUST

circa 1899

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