die back
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When a plant's top parts die in winter but the roots stay alive underground so it can grow again.
"Don't pull out the hostas — they die back every winter and come up again in spring."
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and turn into green foliage that will then die back and cover
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and then die back together, leaving a legacy carpet for the next generation.
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will die back down again and it'll go back to its original shape.
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folks go and they die back to that big bird feeder in the sky.