wilt
verb
[ wɪlt ]
• (of a plant, leaf, or flower) become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop.
• leave (mown grass or a forage crop) in the open to dry partially before being collected for silage.
wilt
noun
• any of a number of fungal or bacterial diseases of plants characterized by wilting of the foliage.
• "these varieties are more resistant to aphids and wilt"
Origin:
late 17th century (originally dialect): perhaps an alteration of dialect welk ‘lose freshness’, of Low German origin.
wilt
verb
• archaic second person singular of will1.
