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

1. Suffer from a disease that kills shoots
   "The plants near the garage are dying back"
   - die down

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

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

Encyclopedia: Dieback

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