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(ăb-sīz′)

v. ab·scised, ab·scising, ab·scises

v.tr.

To cut off; remove.

v.intr.

To shed by abscission.

to cut off or remove.

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Then, the number of seeds abscising from a source at any wind speed (u) is

Thus far, we have attempted to model the flow regime as measured by anemometers rather than by abscising seeds.

In some populations the abscising corolla, with the attached stamens, slid over the stigma (Dole, 1992).