abscision in English

noun
1
the natural detachment of parts of a plant, typically dead leaves and ripe fruit.
The presence and balance of plant hormones have been shown to affect abscission of leaves, flowers, and immature and mature fruit.
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1. General (8 matching dictionaries) Abscision: Wordnik [home, info] Abscision: Wiktionary [home, info] Abscision…

2. Sculptograph botching Abscision

3. Abscision definition in French dictionary, Abscision meaning, synonyms, see also 'abscission',abscissine',abscons',absconse'

4. What does Abscision mean? Information and translations of Abscision in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.

5. What does Abscision mean? A cutting away

6. Definition of Abscision in the Definitions.net dictionary

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8. Translation for 'Abscision' in the free English-Spanish dictionary and many other Spanish translations.

9. From Anglo-Norman and Middle French Abscision (French Abscision, (now usually) abscission) act of cutting something off or away and its etymon classical Latin abscīsiōn-, abscīsiō omission of the last letter or syllable of a word, rhetorical device in which the speaker comes to a sudden halt, loss of voice, in post-classical Latin also act of

10. Abreption Abreuvoir Abricock Abridge abridged abridgement Abridger Abridgment Abroach Abroad abrocome Abrogable Abrogate Abrogation Abrogative Abrogator Abrood Abrook Abrupt Abruption Abruptly Abruptly pinnate Abruptness Abruzzi abs Abscess Abscession Abscind Abscision Absciss Abscissa Abscission Abscond Abscondence Absconder abscondment

11. Middle English Abscisen "to cut away," borrowed from Latin abscīsus, past participle of abscīdere "to cut off or away, remove," from abs- (variant of ab- ab- before c- and t-) + caedere "to strike, cut through, fell"; in later use back-formation from abscision, taken as synonym of abscission — more at concise

12. History and Etymology for abscise Middle English Abscisen "to cut away," borrowed from Latin abscīsus, past participle of abscīdere "to cut off or away, remove," from abs- (variant of ab- ab- before c- and t-) + caedere "to strike, cut through, fell"; in later use back-formation from abscision, taken as synonym of abscission — more at concise: 3.