stripe rust

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noun Plant Pathology.

a disease of wheat, barley, rye, and other grasses, characterized by elongated rows of yellow spores on the affected parts, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia glumarum.

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Also called yellow rust.

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How to use stripe rust in a sentence

Tom Rust, a spokesman for the House Ethics Committee, declined to comment to The Daily Beast.
The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress|Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her neon blue hair is teased high with a gray stripe emerging from the front.
Whip It: Secrets of a Dominatrix|Justin Jones|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Blister rust is like having the flu; the pine beetle is like fast acting leukemia.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Briefly, blister rust is an Asian fungus introduced from Europe to America around 1900.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Still, there is hope for the Republicans in the Rust Belt—if they can give the public a reason to vote for them.
Cleveland, LeBron James, and the 2016 Republican Convention|Lloyd Green|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was encircled by a ditch, but the drawbridge was down, and the rust on its chains argued that long had it been so.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
When he was good for a week, he drew good-conduct pay; and when he was bad, he was deprived of his good-conduct-stripe.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
The Dimbula picked up her pilot and came in covered with salt and red rust.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Great pains have been taken, and the great rust thereof is not gone out, not even by fire.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Some seasons hardly any rust can be discovered on the leaves, and if any spots are found they are fixed and do not spread.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.