abscission : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: abscission	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for abscission
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abscission n shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant the act of cutting something off Synonym(s): abscission, cutting off
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abscission \Abscis"sion\, n. [L. abscissio. See {Abscind}.] 1. The act or process of cutting off. [bd]Not to be cured without the abscission* of a member.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. 2. The state of being cut off. --Sir T. Browne. 3. (Rhet.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, [bd]He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more.[b8]