uredo

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English

Etymology

From Latin uredo (a blast, blight, a burning itch), from urere (to burn or scorch).

Noun

uredo (countable and uncountable, plural uredos)

  1. (botany, countable) 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.
  2. (medicine, uncountable) urticaria; nettle-rash

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for uredo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Etymology

From ūrō +‎ -ēdō.

Noun

ūrēdō f (genitive ūrēdinis); third declension

  1. blight (on plants)
  2. burning itch

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Portuguese: uredo

References

  • uredo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • uredo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • uredo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.