1. fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host; [syn: blister rust, Cronartium ribicola]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Cronartium ribicola
n 1: fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex
life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate
host [syn: blister rust, Cronartium ribicola]