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Noun: white pine blister rust
  1. 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