orange rust: Meaning and Definition of

or'ange rust'

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— Plant Pathol. Plant Pathol.
  1. a disease of blackberries and raspberries, characterized by an orange, powdery mass of spores on the undersides of the leaves and stunted, misshapen foliage, caused by a rust fungus, Gymnoconia interstitialis.
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