abscission
pronunciation
How to pronounce abscission in British English:
UK [æb'sɪʒən]
How to pronounce abscission in American English:
US [æbˈsɪʒən]
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- Noun:
- shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
- the act of cutting something off
Word Origin
- abscission (n.)
- "removal or cutting away," early 15c., from Latin abscissionem (nominative abscissio) "a cutting off," noun of action from past participle stem of abscindere "to cut off" (see abscissa).
Example
- 1. By self womb inner polypus abscission possibility ?
- 2. The abscission rate and its sensitivity to soil moisture are different at different stages .
- 3. Fall colors and subsequent leaf abscission are triggered both by photoperiodism ( changing day length ) and by decreasing nighttime temperatures .
- 4. Ethylene induces leaf and fruit abscission .
- 5. Nobody helps upper the most tragic history people pair of soles abscission .