white-pine rust

1. 1.

   any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally

   Synonymsblister rustwhite pine blister rust

   Broaderrust

Questions about white-pine rust

What does white-pine rust mean?

white-pine rust means "any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally".

What is another word for white-pine rust?

Close synonyms include blister rust, white pine blister 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 white-pine rust a common word?

white-pine rust 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.