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Abscission

noun
1.
Shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant.
2.
The act of cutting something off.  Synonym: cutting off.





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"Abscission" Quotes from Famous Books



... this Power was begotten from the Father, by His Power and Will, but not by abscission, as if the essence of the Father were divided; as all other things partitioned and divided are not the same after as before they were divided; and for the sake of example I took the case of fires kindled from a fire, which we see to be distinct ...
— The Lost Gospel and Its Contents - Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself • Michael F. Sadler


Words linked to "Abscission" :   sloughing, cutting off, remotion, abscise, shedding, removal, circumcision


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