noun
rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns
• Syn: ↑genus Cronartium
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Melampsoraceae, ↑family Melampsoraceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑blister rust, ↑Cronartium ribicola
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\\krōˈnärshēəm, -rd.ēəm\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin
: a genus of rust fungi (family Melampsoraceae) having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy pillars or columns — see white pine blister rust
Useful english dictionary. 2012.