puccinia graminis

1. 1.

   rust fungus that attacks wheat

   Synonymswheat rust

   Broaderrust

   Part ofPuccinia

Questions about puccinia graminis

What does puccinia graminis mean?

puccinia graminis means "rust fungus that attacks wheat".

What is another word for puccinia graminis?

Close synonyms include wheat rust. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is puccinia graminis a common word?

puccinia graminis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.