Abscission: To remove tissue by cutting it away, as in surgery.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( ăb-sÄzh ' É™n ) n. The act of cutting off. Botany . The shedding of leaves, flowers, or fruits following the ...
Definition of ABSCISSION. 1: the act or process of cutting off : removal. 2: the natural separation of flowers, fruit, or leaves from plants at a special separation ...
noun 1. the act of cutting off; sudden termination. 2. Botany . the normal separation of flowers, fruit, and leaves from plants. Origin: 1605–15; < Latin ...
ab·scis·sion (b-s zh n) n. 1. The act of cutting off. 2. Botany The shedding of leaves, flowers, or fruits following the formation of the abscission zone.
–noun 1. the act of cutting off; sudden termination. 2. Botany . the normal separation of flowers , fruit, and leaves from plants. Use abscission in a Sentence See ...