Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun die_back

1 sense of dieback

Sense 1
dieback -- (a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches)
       => plant disease -- (a disease that affects plants)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb die_back

1 sense of die back

Sense 1
die back, die down -- (suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back")
       => shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither -- (wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled")