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ABSCISE

• ABSCISE (verb)
The verb ABSCISE has 2 senses:

1. shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue
2. remove or separate by abscission

Familiarity information: ABSCISE used as a verb is rare.

• ABSCISE (verb)

Sense 1

abscise ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "abscise" is one way to...):

cast; cast off; drop; shake off; shed; throw; throw away; throw off (get rid of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

abscise ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Remove or separate by abscission

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "abscise" is one way to...):

chop off; cut off; lop off (remove by or as if by cutting)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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