dieback
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈdaɪbæk/
- Specialized
:
marchitez
- The effect of Amazon dieback would not just be the tragic loss of the world's largest, most speciose tropical rainforest.
- impacts of dieback
- risk of dieback
- dieback study
There's this cool, and there's this other kind of more dieback.
- There's this cool, and there's this other kind of more dieback.
Examples
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Concern about dieback in the region's trees has grown due to rising temperatures and changing weather patterns.
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The report investigated the likelihood of Amazon dieback in the five regions highlighted in this map.
Academic text (2011) -
At present, there is a striking level of forest dieback in the mountains surrounding the basin.
Academic text (1997) -
The severity of the problem of dieback will increase with higher temperatures and higher rates of emissions.
Academic text (2011) -
The World Bank report makes clear that Amazon dieback, with its regional and global ecological repercussions, must be avoided.
Academic text (2011) -
Many other scientists have studied dieback-related facets of the Amazon region for many years.
Academic text (2011) -
Brazilian climate scientist Carlos Nobre has played a leading role in understanding Amazon dieback.
Academic text (2011) -
The horticulturist noted that excessive watering could lead to dieback of the new branches in the shrubs.
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Farmers are worried that the recent heatwaves might cause severe dieback in their young plants.
Synonyms
7
7.3
A plant disease that makes leaves and stems die without rotting
A disease that makes the tips of twigs on trees and shrubs die back
How Severe
- Specialized
1
7.7
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
8.8
- Specialized
1
8.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dieback is a plain compound of die ('to stop living') and back ('toward the stem or base'), so it paints the image of a shoot 'dying back' from its tip toward the main branch. That's why dieback is used for the disease that makes new shoots gradually die from the tips downward.