tristeza

(tris tā′zə)

noun

a viral disease of citrus trees, usually transmitted on the graft of a sour-orange rootstock and causing a rapid decline or the death of the tree

Origin: Port, sorrow < L tristitia < tristis, sad; akin to OE thriste, bold, shameless: from the sorry appearance of diseased trees

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