pébrine

From French pébrine.

pébrine (uncountable)

1. A parasitic disease affecting silkworms.

   Synonyms: gattine, pepper disease

   • 2007, Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, Picador, published 2008, page 267:

     In 1852, a disease called pébrine began to spread among the silkworms.

From Occitan pebrino, from Occitan pebre, from the resemblance of the brown dots on the silkworm to pepper.

• IPA^(key): /pe.bʁin/

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pébrine f (plural pébrines)

1. pébrine

• “pébrine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.