abscission Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
  2. noun the act of cutting something off
    cutting off.

WordNet

Ab*scis"sion noun
Etymology
L. abscissio. See Abscind.
Definitions
  1. The act or process of cutting off. "Not to be cured without the abscission of a member." Jer. Taylor.
  2. The state of being cut off. Sir T. Browne.
  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."

Webster 1913