DIEBACK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dieback" is a kind of...):

plant disease (a disease that affects plants)

Derivation:

die back (suffer from a disease that kills shoots)

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