What is the difference between abscisic and abscission?

Abscisic is a related term of abscission.

is of or pertaining to abscisic acid or its derivatives {{defdate|first attested in the mid 20^th century}}.

the act or process of cutting off.

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Of or pertaining to abscisic acid or its derivatives.

(wikipedia abscission)

(en noun)

The act or process of cutting off.

* 1859 , , The sermons of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: Complete in one volume , page 286:

Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.

(obsolete) The state of being cut off.

(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.

Not to be confused with abscision, which only is defined as the first sense.

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