abscission
/æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/
noun
- 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.
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