abscission

English Thesaurus

1. the act of cutting something off (noun.act)

hypernym	:	remotion, removal,
definition	:	the act of removing (noun.act)

hyponym	:	circumcision,
definition	:	the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males (noun.act)

2. shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant (noun.process)

hypernym	:	shedding, sloughing,
definition	:	the process whereby something is shed (noun.process)

3. the act of cutting something off (noun.act)

derivation	:	abscise,
definition	:	remove or separate by abscission (verb.contact)

derivation	:	abscise,
definition	:	remove or separate by abscission (verb.contact)