| Pronunciation: | | ab'sizhun
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] the act of cutting something off
- [n] shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
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ABSCISSION is a 10 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | cutting off |
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| | See Also: | | circumcision, remotion, removal, shedding, sloughing |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ab*scis"sion\, n. [L. abscissio. See {Abscind}.]
1. The act or process of cutting off. ``Not to be cured
without the abscission of a member.'' --Jer. Taylor.
2. The state of being cut off. --Sir T. Browne.
3. (Rhet.) 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.''
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The normal shedding from a plant of an organ that is mature or aged, e.g. a ripe fruit, an old leaf. adj. abscissile. |
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