Pierce's diseasen.

Brit.

/ˈpɪəsᵻz dᵻˌziːz/, U.S.

/ˈpɪrsᵻz dəˌziz/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pierce , disease n.

Etymology: < the genitive of the name of Newton B. Pierce, 19th-cent. U.S. plant pathologist who was the first to provide a scientific description of the disease ( Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Div. of Veg. Pathol. (1892) No. 2) + disease n.

Plant Pathology.

A lethal disease of grapevines caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which infects the xylem, causing progressive wilting and desiccation of the leaves and other plant parts.The disease, spread by certain species of leafhopper, esp. sharpshooters, occurs in North and Central America.Formerly called California vine disease, Anaheim disease.

ΚΠ

1941 Blue Anchor Aug. 16/2 Pierce's Disease of grapevines is caused by a disease-producing agent that exists and multiplies in the cells of the grapevines.

1946 R. E. Smith et al. in C. B. Hutchison Calif. Agric. 268 By comparison with Pierce's descriptions, the disease was identified as the Anaheim trouble; it was therefore called ‘Pierce's disease’.

1973 Science 19 Jan. 300/1 The exclusion of leafhopper vectors prevented the occurrence of both the symptoms of Pierce's disease and the bacterium.

2000 Org. Gardening Sept. 27/3 Pierce's disease is caused by bacteria and spread by leafhoppers, particularly the glassy-winged sharpshooter.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pierces disease
释义	Pierce's diseasen. Brit. /ˈpɪəsᵻz dᵻˌziːz/, U.S. /ˈpɪrsᵻz dəˌziz/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pierce , disease n. Etymology: < the genitive of the name of Newton B. Pierce, 19th-cent. U.S. plant pathologist who was the first to provide a scientific description of the disease ( Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Div. of Veg. Pathol. (1892) No. 2) + disease n. Plant Pathology. A lethal disease of grapevines caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which infects the xylem, causing progressive wilting and desiccation of the leaves and other plant parts.The disease, spread by certain species of leafhopper, esp. sharpshooters, occurs in North and Central America.Formerly called California vine disease, Anaheim disease. ΚΠ 1941 Blue Anchor Aug. 16/2 Pierce's Disease of grapevines is caused by a disease-producing agent that exists and multiplies in the cells of the grapevines. 1946 R. E. Smith et al. in C. B. Hutchison Calif. Agric. 268 By comparison with Pierce's descriptions, the disease was identified as the Anaheim trouble; it was therefore called ‘Pierce's disease’. 1973 Science 19 Jan. 300/1 The exclusion of leafhopper vectors prevented the occurrence of both the symptoms of Pierce's disease and the bacterium. 2000 Org. Gardening Sept. 27/3 Pierce's disease is caused by bacteria and spread by leafhoppers, particularly the glassy-winged sharpshooter. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1941
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