wheat rust

noun

Any of a number of diseases of wheat plants.

Similar
Puccinia graminis

Meanings

nounwheat rust (countable and uncountable, plural wheat rusts)

plural wheat rusts

  1. countableuncountableAny of a number of diseases of wheat plants.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounrust fungus that attacks wheat

Similar
Puccinia graminis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

wheat rust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheat%20rust

MLA

“wheat rust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheat%20rust. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheat rust,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheat%20rust.

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