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Noun: dieback  'dI,bak
  1. A disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches
    "The orchard suffered from dieback due to fungal infection"
Verb: die back
  1. Suffer from a disease that kills shoots
    "The plants near the garage are dying back";
    - die down

Derived forms: dies back, dying back, diebacks, died back

Type of: plant disease, shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither

Encyclopedia: Dieback