Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stubborn disease

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: stub-born dis-ease
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease of citrus trees characterized by stunted growth and misshapen fruit, caused by Spiroplasma citri.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The extremely low number of control plants infected by stubborn disease suggests that natural spread of stubborn in the vicinity of the experiments is much slower than that reported for psylla-borne greening in South Africa (Schwarz, 1964)."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does stubborn disease mean?: A disease of citrus trees characterized by stunted growth and misshapen fruit, caused by Spiroplasma citri.

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