Associations to the word «Abscise»

Wiktionary

ABSCISE, verb. (transitive) To cut off. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
ABSCISE, verb. (intransitive) (botany) To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off. [First attested in the early 20th century.]

Dictionary definition

ABSCISE, verb. Shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue.
ABSCISE, verb. Remove or separate by abscission.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis