peach phony disease

noun

A 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.

Meanings

nounpeach phony disease (uncountable)
  1. 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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