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Answer for the clue "Hives ", 5 letters:
uredo

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n. 1 (context botany English) 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 (context medicine English) urticaria; nettle-rash

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Uredo \U*re"do\, n. [L., a blast, blight, a burning itch, fr. urere to burn, to scorch.] (Bot.) One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts ( Uredinales ), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, ...

Usage examples of uredo.

He'd spent many lazy Yzordderrexian evenings on the roof of Peccable's house, watching the tail of the comet disappear behind the towers of the Autarch's palace, talking about the theory and practice of Imajical feits, writs, pneumas, uredos, and the rest.