Flacherie


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Flache`rie´

    (flåsh`rē´)
n.1.A bacterial disease of silkworms, supposed to be due to eating contaminated mulberry leaves.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Pasteur discovered that the second disease, known as flacherie, resulted from contamination of the silkworm food, mulberry leaves.
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