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

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