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Pierce's disease
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Etymology
Discovered in 1892 by Newton B. Pierce (1856–1916; California's first professional plant pathologist) on grapes in California near Anaheim, where it was known as en Anaheim disease.
Noun
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A disease of grapes caused by Xylella fastidiosa species bacteria.
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