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ABSCISSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of cutting something off
Synonyms:
abscission; cutting off
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
Sense 2
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...):
