damp off



damp off

[for seedlings] to die from too much water. All the new plants damped off, and we had to buy some from the nursery. The little seedlings damped off and withered away.
See also: damp, off

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alojzij-Slovene
DeltaDEL-təEnglish
Pisti-Hungarian
KnoxNAHKSEnglish
Goldie (2)-Yiddish
Gustavogoo-STAH-vo (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese