uredinial

Variant of uredinium

noun pl. uredinia

Bot. a pustule, often found on the epidermis of grasses, formed by a rust fungus and consisting of uredospores
also uredium

Origin: ModL < L uredo (gen. uredinis), blight: see uredo & -ium

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