(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:38:25

Fer*ru"go (?), n. [L., iron rust, fr. ferrum iron.]

A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from its resemblance to iron rust in color.

 

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