crown rust: Meaning and Definition of

crown' rust"

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— Plant Pathol. Plant Pathol.
  1. a disease of oats and other grasses, characterized by the formation, on the leaves, of orange or black spores, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia coronata.
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