DIEBACK

dieback

(noun) a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dieback (plural diebacks)

(phytopathology) The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or climate conditions

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

23 January 2025

LEFT

(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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