ABSCISSION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of cutting something off
   Synonym(s)
   • cutting off (what does cutting off mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) abscission is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • removal (what does removal mean?)
   • remotion (what does remotion mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • circumcision (what does circumcision mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • abscise (what does abscise mean?)
2. Meaning
   • shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
   Hypernyms(s) abscission is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • shedding (what does shedding mean?)
   • sloughing (what does sloughing mean?)