black pit

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.

Example Sentences

Another message included a photo of a 1½-year-old black pit bull, but described a 7-year-old Siberian husky.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From New York Times

Lien, whose scenic designs for shows like “Great Comet” and “An Octoroon” are typically characterized by surprising use of three-dimensional space, was struck by the show’s references to “the great black pit, the hole in the ground, the vermin — this kind of characterization of that underclass population of Victorian London as being like sewer rats, living underground.”

From New York Times

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

From BBC

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