trə̇ˈstāzə, -stēzə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Portuguese, literally, sadness, sorrow, from Latin tristitia, from tristis sad
1. : a highly infectious disease of grafted citrus trees with bitter orange rootstocks attributed to a virus and characterized by rotting of the rootlets and consequent wilting and death of the trees — compare quick decline
2. : texas fever