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Definition of Dieback
1. Noun. A disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches.
Definition of Dieback
1. Noun. (biology) The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip; either due to disease or climate conditions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dieback
1. a gradual dying of plant shoots [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dieback
Literary usage of Dieback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"The area affected by the dieback includes at least 500 square miles. The dieback
symptom was a necrosis of leaves and stems. Fifty-four sites were examined. ..."
2. Rehabilitation of Degraded Tropical Forest Ecosystems: Workshop Proceedings ...by Shigeo Kobayashi by Shigeo Kobayashi (2001)
"Severe infection resulted in dieback. The symptoms of infected ... The difference
was that dieback had no wound or canker, but the shoot died by showing ..."
3. Diseases of Tropical Acacias: proceedings of an International Workshop held by J. K. Sharma, Kenneth Malcolm Old, Su See Lee (1997)
"In A. mangium the most damaging diseases recorded were root rot caused by Ganoderma
lucidum complex in the State of West Bengal and dieback caused by ..."
4. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"The disease is easily distinguished from dieback (a disease not associated with
a specific organism) by unmistakable characters, especially by the ashen ..."
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