wheat rust
noun Plant Pathology.
any of several diseases of wheat caused by rust fungi of the genus Puccinia.
Origin of wheat rust
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby wheat rust
wheat bread,
wheat cake,
wheat germ,
wheat pool,
wheat ridge,
wheat rust,
wheatear,
wheaten,
wheaten terrier,
wheatgrass,
wheatley
Example sentences from the Web for wheat rust
Even the law took cognisance of the danger of wheat-rust in 1660 in Rouen (Loverdo).
Disease in Plants |H. Marshall WardThis epiphyte, too, is very different in structure from wheat-rust.
Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation |James Buckman
British Dictionary definitions for wheat rust
wheat rust
noun
a rust fungus, Puccinia graminis, that attacks cereals, esp wheat, and the barberry
the disease caused by this fungus