Found 2 items, similar to abscission.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: abscission abscission n 1: shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant 2: the act of cutting something off [syn: cutting off]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Abscission Abscission \Ab*scis"sion\, n. [L. abscissio. See Abscind.] 1. The act or process of cutting off. “Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.” --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being cut off. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 3. (Rhet.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, “He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more.” [1913 Webster]