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Definition: FERRUGO

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from its resemblance to iron rust in color.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ferrugo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ferrugo \Fer*ru"go\, noun. [Latin expression, iron rust, from ferrum iron.]. (references)

Definition: FERRUGO

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from its resemblance to iron rust in color.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "FERRUGO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ferrugo \Fer*ru"go\, noun. [Latin expression, iron rust, from ferrum iron.]. (references)