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(redirected from died on the vine)

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What they thought would be big hits, most died on the vine.
From time to time, individuals tried to overcome this divide, but the efforts simply died on the vine.
Plants had to develop plump, nutrient-rich embryo sacs even before their offspring were conceived -- investments of time and energy that didn't pay off if the eggs never got fertilized by a sperm cell or if the young embryos died on the vine.
 
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