browning and shriveling of foliage. especially at the leaf margin.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
scorch (verb)transitive verb
1.
to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture
2.
a) to dry or shrivel with or as if with intense heat - parch
b) to afflict painfully with censure or sarcasm
3.
intransitive verb
- devastate , especially to destroy (as property of possible use to an advancing enemy) before abandoning - used in the phrase scorched earth
1.
to become - scorched
2.
to travel at great and usually excessive speed
3.
to cause intense heat or mental anguish - scorching sun scorching fury
1.
a result of - scorching
2.
a browning of plant tissues usually from disease or heat
transitive verb
dialect British - cut slash