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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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  • Craig Allen in Christian Science Monitor
    For a while we went through this 'woodification' trend,says Allen. "Now that excess is being squeezed back by dieback and by fire. In a structural sense, it's actually somewhat restorative."

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