Associations to the word «Abscission»

ABSCISSION, noun. The act or process of cutting off.

ABSCISSION, noun. (obsolete) The state of being cut off. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.]

ABSCISSION, noun. (rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly

ABSCISSION, noun. (botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole. [First attested in the late 19th century.]

ABSCISSION LAYER, noun. (botany) A layer of cells in a plant that differ from those above and below, and contain abundant starch and dense cytoplasm, which upon disorganization, begin the process of abscission, or the natural separation of the leaf from the rest of the plant.

ABSCISSION LAYERS, noun. Plural of abscission layer

ABSCISSION ZONE, noun. (botany) The area in a plant's leaf, stem, or fruit stalk, where the abscission layer if formed along with weakened sclerenchyma, absent collenchyma, and dense cytoplasm.

ABSCISSION ZONES, noun. Plural of abscission zone

ABSCISSION, noun. Shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant.

ABSCISSION, noun. The act of cutting something off.