Meanings
- uncountableA disease of peach trees, caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, that causes the tree to produce a few small, colorful fruits and eventually to stop producing fruit altogether.
Synonyms: phony disease, phony peach disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA disease of peach trees, caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, that causes the tree to produce a few small, colorful fruits and eventually to stop producing fruit altogether.
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peach phony disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peach%20phony%20disease
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