dieback (English, noun)
expansion: dieback (plural diebacks)
Senses:
topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
glosses: The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or climate conditions.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: 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).
Forms:
form: diebacks
tags: plural