Noun: 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
"The forestry department implemented measures to control the spread of white pine blister rust";
- blister rust, white-pine rust
Derived forms: white pine blister rusts
Type of: rust
Encyclopedia: White pine blister rust