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ABSCISSION

• ABSCISSION (noun)
The noun ABSCISSION has 2 senses:

1. shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
2. the act of cutting something off

Familiarity information: ABSCISSION used as a noun is rare.

• ABSCISSION (noun)

Sense 1

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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...):

shedding; sloughing (the process whereby something is shed)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The act of cutting something off

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cutting off; abscission

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)

"If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly."
(English proverb)
"Do not be shy of whom is shameless."
(Albanian proverb)
"If you mentioned the wolf you better prepare the stick."
(Arabic proverb)
"Knowledge is in the head, not the copybook."
(Egyptian proverb)

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Definition of removal
Definition of sloughing
Definition of circumcision
Pronunciation of shedding

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