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rubigo

  • /ɹuːˈbaɪɡəʊ/

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From Latin rūbīgō.

noun

  1. obsolete, uncountable rust (fungal disease of plants) Dr. Darwin supposes that the rubigo which shows itself in a ferruginous powder beneath the leaves of vegetables previously diseased, may be a fungus (like the eurisiphe or mildew)[…]

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@misc{rubigo_2026,
  title = {rubigo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rubigo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}