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

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  • The team believes that the process, known as dieback, will begin when average global temperatures reach around 15C.
  • Mac -- I think you should add "dieback" to the labels.
  • Simply checking for "dieback," or if a tree looks to be dead, is not a good method of detection, Hahn said.
  • "dieback" normally observed following SCI and promotes the re-growth of the axons following injury.
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