Usually means: Death of plants due to cold.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word winterkill:

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  1. winterkill: Merriam-Webster
  2. winterkill: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. winterkill: Collins English Dictionary
  4. winterkill: Wordnik
  5. winterkill: Wiktionary
  6. winterkill: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. winterkill: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. winterkill: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. winterkill: Dictionary.com
  10. Winterkill: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. winterkill: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Winterkill: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. winterkill: FreeDictionary.org
  14. winterkill: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. winterkill: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See winterkilled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (winterkill)

noun:  The mortality resulting from lethal wintry conditions among a human, animal, and/or vegetal population.
verb:  (transitive) To kill by the conditions of winter, especially the effect of the cold, freezing.
verb:  (intransitive) To die from the above effects of winter conditions.

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