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The mortality resulting from lethal wintry conditions among a human, animal, and/or vegetal population..
From these data it is evident that the frequent low temperatures may have winterkilled many bare fields of common alfalfa before the ice sheets occurred the latter part of February 1922
The severe cold in conditions of only light snow protection is also reported to have winterkilled considerable areas of winter grains in Poland, Romania, Hungary and Yugoslavia
It surely had winterkilled all the soft-grained wheat that had been planted.
Order new rose bushes to replace any that have winterkilled.
Some lakes may have winterkilled but anglers will find fish if they take some time to look for them
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Winter kill means The mortality resulting from lethal wintry conditions among a human, animal, and/or vegetal population..
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From these data it is evident that the frequent low temperatures may have winterkilled many bare fields of common alfalfa before the ice sheets occurred the latter part of February 1922
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