dieback
The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or…The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or climate conditions.
» The whole world is talking about forest dieback.
Alle Welt spricht vom Waldsterben.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or climate conditions.
(countable, uncountable)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).
- a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches
Examples
2 sentencesThe whole world is talking about forest dieback.
deAlle Welt spricht vom Waldsterben. — christian63
One of the causes of forest dieback is acid rain.
deEiner der Gründe für das Waldsterben ist der saure Regen. — Esperantostern
Origin
Deverbal from die back.Deverbal from die back.
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Forms
plural: diebacksWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable