abscission
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
Types & categories
- shedding hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the act of cutting something off
Types & categories
- removal hypernym
- circumcision hyponym
Related & opposite
- abscise derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | shedding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | abscise |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | removal |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumcision |