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Dieback

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Noun

1. dieback

a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dieback

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noun
1. 
a disease of trees and shrubs characterized by death of the young shoots, which spreads to the larger branches: caused by injury to the roots or attack by bacteria or fungi
2. 
any similar condition of herbaceous plants
verb die back
3. (intr, adverb)
(of plants) to suffer from dieback

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Dieback

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noun
a disease of vascular plants characterized by a dying backward from the tip of twigs and branches and caused by parasites, insufficient moisture, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dieback

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n.
The gradual dying of plant shoots, starting at the tips, as a result of various diseases or climatic conditions.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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