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1. (n.) blister rust
a disease, esp. of white pines, characterized by cankers and in the spring by blisters on the stems, caused by a rust fungus of the genus
Cronartium.

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1. (noun) blister rust, white-pine rust, white pine blister rust
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

2. (noun) blister rust, Cronartium ribicola
fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host

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