uredo
English
noun
Definitions
- (botany) A summer stage in the life history of certain rusts (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus, and preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage.
- (medicine) urticaria; nettle-rash
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin uredo (blight, a blast, a burning itch).
Origin
Latin
uredo
Gloss
blight, a blast, a burning itch
Timeline
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Cognates and derived terms
- spore English
- uredospore English
- uredosporic English
- uredo Latin