# tristeza

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A damaging viral disease of citrus plants, caused by Closterovirus.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese tristeza (“sadness”), referring to the devastation it caused in South America in the 1930s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tristeza