coffee rust

noun

A disease affecting the leaves of the coffee plant, caused by the fungus Hemileia vastatrix.

Meanings

nouncoffee rust (countable and uncountable, plural coffee rusts)

plural coffee rusts

  1. countableuncountableA disease affecting the leaves of the coffee plant, caused by the fungus Hemileia vastatrix.

    Synonyms: coffee leaf rust

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA disease affecting the leaves of the coffee plant, caused by the fungus Hemileia vastatrix.

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