a. [f. L. ūrēdin- (see next and UREDINE) + -OUS.]

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  1.  Bot. Of the nature of a uredine; belonging to the Uredines.

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1865.  M. C. Cooke, Microscopic Fungi, 122. One of the most showy of uredinous fungi.

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1889.  Athenæum, 20 April, 509/3. Affected with a parasitic disease due to a uredinous fungus.

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  2.  Path. Affected with, of the nature of, nettle-rash. (1891– in Dicts.)

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