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abscission
n.
cutting off, removal by cutting (as in surgery); shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit
Abscission
Abscission (from the
Latin ab, meaning
away, and
scindere, meaning
to cut) is the shedding of various parts of an organism, such as a
plant dropping a
leaf,
fruit,
flower, or
seed. In
zoology, abscission is the intentional shedding of a body part, such as the shedding of a
claw, husk, or the
autotomy of a tail to evade a predator. In
mycology, it is the liberation of a fungal
spore. In
cell biology, abscission refers to the separation of two daughter cells at the completion of
cytokinesis.
abscission
Noun
1. shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
(hypernym) shedding, sloughing
2. the act of cutting something off
(synonym) cutting off
(hypernym) removal, remotion
(hyponym) circumcision
(derivation) abscise
abscission
nf.
abscission, cutting off, removal by cutting (as in surgery)
Abscission
(n.)
The state of being cut off.
(n.)
The act or process of cutting off.
(n.)
A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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