abscission, cutting off
(noun) the act of cutting something off
abscission
(noun) shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abscission (countable and uncountable, plural abscissions)
The act or process of cutting off.
(obsolete) The state of being cut off. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.]
(rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
(botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
Not to be confused with abscision, which only is defined as the first sense.
• abscisions
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*scis"sion, n. Etym: [L. abscissio. See Abscind.]
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.)
Definition: 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."
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
