black pit

American  

noun

Plant Pathology.

1. a disease of lemons, characterized by dark brown, sunken spots on the skin of the fruit, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas syringae.

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black pit

He has approvingly quoted Gustave Flaubert’s line that by “gazing down into the black pit at one’s feet, one remains calm.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Shadow, a black pit bull mix, sat in the Los Angeles city shelter of L.A.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2023

In Murton, about six miles from Sunderland, a big, black pit wheel stands as a memorial to the village's former colliery.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022

Seattle's Space Needle would also comfortably fit in the black pit, as would six Christ the Redeemer statues from Brazil stacked head-to-head, giant arms outstretched.

From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2022

Outside in the cold night the wind moaned and died down, like an idiot in an icy black pit.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright