Abscission

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounThe act or process of cutting off.

2.nounThe state of being cut off.

3.nounA figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly

4.nounThe natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.

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