grasserie

[ gras-uh-ree, grah-suh- ]

noun
  1. a virus disease of silkworms, characterized by yellowness of the integument and an excessive accumulation of fluid within the body.

Origin of grasserie

1
1830–40; <French, equivalent to gras fat (<Latin crassus) + -erie-ery

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