Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blister_rust

2 senses of blister rust

Sense 1
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)
       => rust -- (a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi)

Sense 2
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)
       => rust, rust fungus -- (any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants)