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leaf rust
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noun Plant Pathology.
a disease, especially of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust-colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi.
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Origin of leaf rust
First recorded in 1860â65
Words nearby leaf rust
leaf-nosed bat, leaf peeper, leaf primordium, leaf roll, leaf roller, leaf rust, leaf scald, leaf scar, leaf sheath, leaf sight, leaf spot
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