dieback — 英語辞典

名詞

1. The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or climate conditions.

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   The National Trust reports that 30,000 ash trees on its land will have been felled this year owing to ash dieback. “Dieback” sounds like a gentle, seasonal withdrawal. In fact, ash dieback is a devastating disease caused by a fungus, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, likely to have been carried into the UK on imported ash saplings in the early part of this century.

2. 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).

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名詞

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

   上位語

   plant disease