verb
- cutting off or separating (a part of a plant) naturally, as leaves or fruit from a stem
Usage: botanical; present participle of abscise
Examples
- The tree is abscising its leaves as winter approaches.
- Scientists studied the process of the plant abscising damaged branches.
- The fruit began abscising from the stem when it reached maturity.
- Hormonal changes trigger the plant’s abscising of older leaves.
- The maple tree was abscising its colorful autumn foliage.
- Researchers observed the vine abscising its tendrils after flowering.