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What does abscission mean?

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  1. The act or process of cutting off.
  2. (obsolete) The state of being cut off. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.]
  3. (rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
  4. (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.]
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In young fruits, a generalized necrosis sometimes forms, resulting in premature abscission of the fruit.
The presence and balance of plant hormones have been shown to affect abscission of leaves, flowers, and immature and mature fruit.
Moreover, physiological disturbances during early embryo development lead to seed abortion and fruitlet abscission.
Petal abscission was rare in the monocotyledonous flowers tested, and common in the eudicotyledons.
On the alternate host, Quercus, inconspicuous leaf spots occur, unless the infection is severe, in which case there may be some abscission.
High temperature conditions commonly cause flower abscission and seed abortion because of pollination failure.

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