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dieback

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dieback [′dī‚bak]
(ecology)
A large area of exposed, unprotected swamp or marsh deposits resulting from the salinity of a coastal lagoon.
(plant pathology)
Of a plant, to die from the top or peripheral parts.

dieback
A condition often found in woody plant material where browning and death of the plant cells begin from the tip inward and may continue as far as the woody or perennial part of the plant.


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This disease leads to dieback and eventually will kill the tree.
So we are in extreme drought, and the problem with an extreme drought is that you end up getting a lot of dieback in the native vegetation.
 
 
 
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