uredo
English
Etymology
Latin uredo (“a blast, blight, a burning itch”), from urere (“to burn or scorch”).
Noun
uredo (plural uredos)
- (botany) 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.
- (medicine) urticaria; nettle-rash
Related terms
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.
Noun
ūrēdō f (genitive ūrēdinis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ūrēdō | ūrēdinēs |
Genitive | ūrēdinis | ūrēdinum |
Dative | ūrēdinī | ūrēdinibus |
Accusative | ūrēdinem | ūrēdinēs |
Ablative | ūrēdine | ūrēdinibus |
Vocative | ūrēdō | ūrēdinēs |
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.