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abscission

/æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The act or process of cutting off.
  2. The state of being cut off.
  3. A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
  4. The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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