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pierce's disease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables
pierce's dis-ease
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease of grapes caused by Xylella fastidiosa bacteria.

Uncountable

Etymology

Discovered in 1892 by Newton B. Pierce (1856–1916; California's first professional plant pathologist) on grapes in California near Anaheim, where it was known as Anaheim disease.

Usage

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What does pierce's disease mean?
A disease of grapes caused by Xylella fastidiosa bacteria.
Where does pierce's disease come from?
Discovered in 1892 by Newton B. Pierce (1856–1916; California's first professional plant pathologist) on grapes in California near Anaheim, where it was known as Anaheim disease.

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