blister rust, n.
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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Cronartium ribicola 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
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blister rust white pine blister rust white-pine rust
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