dieback

Meaning

  1. The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or climate conditions.
  2. The withering of a plant, especially the cyclical withering in autumn and winter; distal parts die off but core parts stay alive (and semidormant or dormant).

Synonyms

little potato

russet scab

stem canker

Translations

موات

Spitzendürre

dépérissement terminal

avvizzimento apicale

marchitez descendente

موت أطراف

muerte forestal periférica

Dieback

extinción paulatina del bosque o de los bosques

Etymology

Deverbal from die back.

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