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单词 Pierce's disease
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Pierce's disease

/ˈpɪəsɪz dɪˌziːz/
Plant Pathol.
noun
A lethal disease of grapevines caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which infects the xylem, causing progressive wilting and desiccation of the leaves and other plant parts.
  • The disease, spread by certain species of leafhopper, especially sharpshooters, occurs in North and Central America.Formerly called California vine disease, Anaheim disease..

Origin

1940s; earliest use found in Blue Anchor. From the genitive of the name of Newton B. Pierce, 19th-cent. U.S. plant pathologist who was the first to provide a scientific description of the disease + disease.

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