die back

verb

suffer from a disease that kills shoots

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The plants near the garage are dying back

• Syn: ↑die down

• Derivationally related forms: ↑dieback

• Hypernyms: ↑shrivel, ↑shrivel up, ↑shrink, ↑wither

• Verb Frames:

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intransitive verb

of a plant or plant part : to die from the top toward the base — used especially of woody plants and of only part of their aboveground structure

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die back (botany)

To die by degrees from the tip backwards (dieˈback noun)

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Main Entry: ↑die

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ˌdie ˈback [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they die back he/she/it dies back present participle dying back past tense died back past participle died back] phrasal verb

if a plant dies back, the part above the ground dies but the roots stay alive

Thesaurus: what plants can do_hyponym general types of plant_hypernym

Main entry: die

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die back [phrasal verb]

of a plant : to die in the parts that are above the ground but to remain alive in the roots

The plant dies back every winter and sends up new shoots each spring.

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Main Entry: ↑die

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ˌdie ˈback f8 derived

if a plant dies back, it loses its leaves but remains alive

Main entry: ↑die_derived