white rust

noun

Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by pustules of white spores on affected parts that become yellow and malformed, caused by fungi of the genus Albugo.

any fungus of the genus Albugo.

Nearby words

white rose, white rot, white russia, white russian, white russian soviet socialist republic, white rust, white sage, white sale, white salmon, white sandalwood, white sands missile range

Origin of white rust

First recorded in 1880–85