Word

rust fungus, n.

any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants
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rust rust fungus

semantic pointers

hypernym

member holonym

Uredinales, order Uredinales

part meronym

aecium aeciospore

hyponym

flax rust, flax rust fungus, Melampsora lini blister rust, Cronartium ribicola wheat rust, Puccinia graminis apple rust, cedar-apple rust, Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae