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ABSCISSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abscission mean?
• ABSCISSION (noun)
The noun ABSCISSION has 2 senses:
1. shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
2. the act of cutting something off
Familiarity information: ABSCISSION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("abscission" is a kind of...):
shedding; sloughing (the process whereby something is shed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of cutting something off
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
abscission; cutting off
Hypernyms ("abscission" is a kind of...):
remotion; removal (the act of removing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abscission"):
circumcision (the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males)
Derivation:
abscise (remove or separate by abscission)
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