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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'abscission' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions abscission noun ((plural): abscissions) The act or process of cutting off. Quotations Not to be cured without the abscission of a member. - w:Jeremy Taylor, Jer. Taylor The state of being cut off. - Sir T. Browne rhetoric: 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." (botany) The separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole. Etymology: Latin abscissio. See abscind        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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