blister blight

noun

1

: a blister disease affecting the leaves of the tea plant caused by a fungus (Exobasidium vexans)

2

: a disease of Scotch pine caused by a rust (Cronartium asclepiadeum) that causes lesions like blisters on the twigs and gradually kills them

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