TRISTEZA


Meaning of TRISTEZA in English

Pronunciation: tri- ' st ā -z ə

Function: noun

Etymology: Portuguese, literally, sadness, from Latin tristitia, from tristis sad

Date: circa 1902

: a highly infectious disease of citrus trees grafted on sour orange rootstocks that is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus (species Citrus tristeza virus of the genus Closterovirus, family Closteroviridae ) transmitted by aphids and that eventually causes death of the trees

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