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noun

abscission

shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant

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Three example sentences with abscission, each labelled with its topic.

  • A dry August triggered early abscission across the orchard, and the ground was ankle deep in green windfalls.

    Environment

  • Ethylene concentration rises at the base of each stalk, and abscission follows within days under laboratory conditions.

    Science

  • She returned to the same maple every October to record abscission, one frame a day, and made a two minute film.

    Photography

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