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Noun: abscission  ab'si-zhun
  1. Shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
     
  2. The act of cutting something off
    - cutting off

Derived forms: abscissions

Type of: remotion, removal, shedding, sloughing

Encyclopedia: Abscission