Leaf abscission is the best example of the process of tissue shedding in trees. From LearnThat.org. [Kim D. Coder, Source: Falling Tree Leaves: Leaf Abscission, 1999]
abscission = cutting off, separation Usage: when a flower or leaf separates naturally from the parent, this process is called abscission. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
abscission = cutting off, separation Usage: when a flower or leaf separates naturally from the parent, this process is called abscission 13. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Too much warm weather, no local frost yet, the poor abscission sp? layers are getting mixed signals. From Wordnik.com. [Tuesday roadkill report] Reference
It was apparent that this early freeze came before the abscission layers were formed in the leaf bases or growth matured. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
On some trees, the petioles of last year's leaves were still attached to the dead twigs late the following summer, showing that the freeze occurred before the abscission layers had formed. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
Mauritius lychee fruit progress reduced abscission cure auxin. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
He told me the abscission of the tongue was very common in the. From Wordnik.com. [The Physiology of Taste] Reference
The actual term used to describe this process is known as abscission. From Wordnik.com. [ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community] Reference
Putnam (R-Fla.) for the Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC) for abscission chemical in order to improve citrus harvesting. From Wordnik.com. [Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed] Reference
As long as these rates are steady, the cells of the abscission layer remain connected, which in turn, keeps leaves attached. From Wordnik.com. [ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community] Reference
Your sad predictions were well founded; the painful abscission has been made; we bore it at least with good sense and dignity. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II.] Reference
Known as the abscission layer, this layer consists of cells that can separate from each other based on certain physiological occurrences. From Wordnik.com. [ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community] Reference
The abscission of a vowel is undoubtedly vicious when it is strongly sounded, and makes, with its associate consonant, a full and audible syllable. From Wordnik.com. [The Rambler, sections 55-112 (1750-1751); from The Works of Samuel Johnson in Sixteen Volumes, Vol. IV] Reference
And any of these physiological things now, any of these abscission or flowering, everything is regulated by hormonal changes in plants or trees, basically. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
So this gas goes to the stomatal opening, or the pores that are in the needles, and then reaches the target spot and prevents the abscission layers to be found. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
However, in order to attain an advanced state of dormancy, low temperatures are also required and it is known that changes such as leaf senescence and abscission are not provoked by a short day photoperiod alone, but also require exposure to cold. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
For He can be called by all those names, since He ministers to the Father's will, and since He was begotten of the Father by an act of will; just as we see happening among ourselves: for when we give out some word, we beget the word; yet not by abscission, so as to lessen the word means both the thinking power or reason which produces ideas and the expression of these ideas. From Wordnik.com. [LDS Doctrine] Reference
Advanced Learners: Research These Words abscission layer petiole. From Wordnik.com. Reference
3. abscission. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
They are called "abscission" cells. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
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