How do you use Dieback in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Dieback in a sentence
Dieback meaning
- The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or climate conditions.
- The withering of a plant, especially the cyclical withering in autumn and winter; distal parts die off but core parts stay alive (and semidormant or dormant).
Synonyms of Dieback
Using Dieback
- The main meaning on this page is: The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or climate conditions. | The withering of a plant, especially the cyclical withering in autumn and winter; distal parts die off but core parts stay alive (and semidormant or dormant).
- Useful related words include: plant disease.
- In the example corpus, dieback often appears in combinations such as: ash dieback, dieback in, kauri dieback.
Context around Dieback
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dieback
- In this selection, "dieback" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ash, kauri, leaf, damaging and thrives stand out and add context to how "dieback" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and ash dieback s recent and and leaf dieback even in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dieback" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dieback
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bell Miner Associated Dieback in Donaldson State Forest. (8 words)
T1 Magnolia - Fell, poor condition with dieback, damaging adjacent wall. (10 words)
And Ash Dieback’s recent devastation has been just as bad. (11 words)
Both the Mendips and the Quantocks have been badly hit by ash dieback in the last few years, with Somerset County Council and its successor Somerset Council having to remove and replace large numbers of trees to prevent the disease from spreading. (42 words)
Some evidence suggests that phosphorous acid may inhibit proteoid root formation. citation Because dieback thrives in moist soil conditions, it can be a severe problem for Banksias that are watered, such as in the cut flower industry and urban gardens. (40 words)
Spotted lanternflies can cause serious damage, including oozing sap, wilting, leaf curling and dieback in trees, vines, crops and many other types of plants, according to the state’s Department of Agriculture. (32 words)
Example sentences (12)
And Ash Dieback’s recent devastation has been just as bad.
Both the Mendips and the Quantocks have been badly hit by ash dieback in the last few years, with Somerset County Council and its successor Somerset Council having to remove and replace large numbers of trees to prevent the disease from spreading.
T1 Magnolia - Fell, poor condition with dieback, damaging adjacent wall.
The importance of genetic diversity for adaptation to changing conditions can be illustrated by the threat posed by ash dieback.
This will give the best chance for ash seedlings that may be resistant to ash dieback to grow, and any trees with resistance to live on.
However, sometimes they may be weak, fail to bloom, and experience wilting and leaf dieback even in proper growing conditions.
Spotted lanternflies can cause serious damage, including oozing sap, wilting, leaf curling and dieback in trees, vines, crops and many other types of plants, according to the state’s Department of Agriculture.
Many walking tracks in the Waitakere Rangers have been closed to the public, to try and reduce the spread of Kauri Dieback.
However, this interconnectivity could also allow for the rapid spread of diseases such as kauri dieback.
Bell Miner Associated Dieback in Donaldson State Forest.
For example, in southwestern Australia Banksia often occurs as an understorey to forests of Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata), another species highly vulnerable to dieback.
Some evidence suggests that phosphorous acid may inhibit proteoid root formation. citation Because dieback thrives in moist soil conditions, it can be a severe problem for Banksias that are watered, such as in the cut flower industry and urban gardens.
Common combinations with dieback
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ash dieback 4×
- dieback in 3×
- kauri dieback 2×