Abscission (noun)
ab-si-shun
The natural detachment of parts of a plant, typically dead leaves and ripe fruit.
Early 17th century: from Latin abscissio(n-), from abscindere, from ab- ‘off’ + scindere ‘to cut’.
Example sentences
“In the Northern Hemisphere abscission tends to start in early September and continue through the autumn and winter months.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
