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🧲 To corrode 🧲 A reddish coating 🟤 A reddish-brown 🌱 A plant disease 🟤 Reddish-brown
rust

rust

3 6.9
A plant disease caused by a fungus that makes reddish-brown spots on leaves and stems
  • noun
  • /rʌst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : roya
  • Plant diseases caused by fungi include rusts, smuts, and leaf, root, and stem rots.
  • rust disease
  • rust fungus
  • rust spores

I don't know if those are true or not, but as far as rust goes, rust will not hurt plants.

Examples

  • The landfall of coffee leaf rust in Brazil in 1970 changed all this.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The Russian plants were infected with rust species that are also native to the Stavropol area.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Line and Chen identified many sources of rust resistance in the Aberdeen collection.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The new tall fescue lines resist rust disease up to 10 times better than existing varieties.

    Academic text (1997)

  • But the repatriated trees were infected with blister rust, believed to have invaded Europe from Asia.

    Academic text (1998)

  • While not detrimental at first, rust bleed can lead to very costly maintenance repairs if left unchecked.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Growers spend nearly $27 million annually on fungicides to control stem rust on grass seed crops.

    Academic text (1997)

  • A severe barley stripe rust infection can badly dehydrate plants and ruin the barley crop.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Farmers are concerned about the impact of rust on their crops this season.

  • The outbreak of rust has devastated the local wheat fields, leaving many farmers in distress.

Synonyms

blister rust
vsrust
  • Specialized
1 9.0

A disease of pine trees that makes blisters and dead patches on the bark, caused by a fungus

is the disease that shows reddish brown spots on leaves and stems instead
rust fungus
vsrust
  • Specialized
6.5

A tiny living thing that makes red or brown spots on plants

is the plant disease signified by those reddish brown spots on leaves
wheat rust
vsrust
  • Specialized
5.3

A disease caused by a fungus that makes reddish or brown spots on wheat leaves and stems and reduces harvest

is the general disease defined by reddish brown spots on various plants
apple rust
vsrust
  • Specialized
7.0

A disease on apple and pear trees that makes orange or brown spots

is the broader disease description focusing on reddish brown spots on leaves and stems
cedar-apple rust
vsrust
  • Specialized
9.1

A disease caused by a fungus that makes orange spots on the leaves and fruit of apple and pear trees

is the single disease concept described by reddish brown spots on foliage and stems
flax rust
vsrust
  • Specialized
8.9

A plant disease that makes small orange-brown spots on flax leaves and stems

is the wider plant disease category noted for reddish brown spotting rather than pustules
white-pine rust
vsrust
  • Specialized
7.8

A disease of pine trees caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the trunk and kills the wood

is the leaf and stem spotting disease characterized by reddish brown marks
white pine blister rust
vsrust
  • Specialized
9.1

A disease caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the bark and weakens white pine trees

is the foliage disease identified by reddish brown spots rather than bark blisters
white rust
vsrust
  • Specialized
6.7

A plant disease that makes a white powder appear on leaves and stems

is a different fungal disease that shows reddish brown spots and streaks on leaves

Compounds

Rust Belt
  • US
9 4.9

A region of the northeastern and midwestern United States with many old factories and fewer people

rust-colored
  • US
2 3.0

A reddish-brown or orange-brown color like old metal

blister rust
  • Specialized
1 9.0

A disease of pine trees that makes blisters and dead patches on the bark, caused by a fungus

rust-red
1 3.4

A reddish brown color like rust

bucket of rust
  • Informal
7.0

An old car or machine that is very rusty and in poor condition

cedar-apple rust
  • Specialized
9.1

A disease caused by a fungus that makes orange spots on the leaves and fruit of apple and pear trees

apple rust
  • Specialized
7.0

A disease on apple and pear trees that makes orange or brown spots

flax rust fungus
  • Specialized
8.7

A fungus that causes orange spots on flax leaves and damages plants

flax rust
  • Specialized
8.9

A plant disease that makes small orange-brown spots on flax leaves and stems

rust fungus
  • Specialized
6.5

A tiny living thing that makes red or brown spots on plants

rust inhibitor
  • Specialized
5.9

A chemical that stops rust from forming on metal

rust mite
  • Specialized
8.5

A very small animal like an insect that lives on plants and makes reddish brown spots on leaves or fruit

rust-brown
2.5

A brown color with a red-orange tone

wheat rust
  • Specialized
5.3

A disease caused by a fungus that makes reddish or brown spots on wheat leaves and stems and reduces harvest

white-pine rust
  • Specialized
7.8

A disease of pine trees caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the trunk and kills the wood

white pine blister rust
  • Specialized
9.1

A disease caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the bark and weakens white pine trees

white rust
  • Specialized
6.7

A plant disease that makes a white powder appear on leaves and stems

How Severe

blight
  • Specialized
7 7.3
rust
  • Specialized
3 6.9
rust fungus
  • Specialized
6.5

Surface Forms

rust singular
rusts plural

Etymology

Rust for the plant disease was named because the fungus makes 'red-brown' spots on leaves, just like the colour of metal rust, and the name comes from an old German word like Rost. So rust in plants means a disease that leaves reddish-brown marks.