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English noun: abscission

1. abscission (process) shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant


Broader (hypernym)shedding, sloughing

2. abscission (act) the act of cutting something off


Synonymscutting off


Broader (hypernym)remotion, removal


Narrower (hyponym)circumcision









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