1.1Botany no objectSeparate by abscission; fall off.
Example sentencesExamples
In the present experiments, flower closure was not observed in any of the families in which petals abscise.
As the ovules developed, they eventually abscised and fell out, leaving the cupules empty.
In several species the flowers never close, as the petals abscise when the flower is still open.
For example, petals may wilt and abscise more rapidly after pollen deposition on the stigma or pollen tube growth through the style.
The last bract on the spikelet axis has been removed from around the terminal flower, which has an aborted carpel with a two-branched stigma and the filaments of the two stamens, the anthers having abscised.
Definition of abscise in US English:
abscise
verbabˈsīz
[with object]
1Cut off or away.
1.1Botany no objectSeparate by abscission; fall off.
Example sentencesExamples
As the ovules developed, they eventually abscised and fell out, leaving the cupules empty.
The last bract on the spikelet axis has been removed from around the terminal flower, which has an aborted carpel with a two-branched stigma and the filaments of the two stamens, the anthers having abscised.
In the present experiments, flower closure was not observed in any of the families in which petals abscise.
For example, petals may wilt and abscise more rapidly after pollen deposition on the stigma or pollen tube growth through the style.
In several species the flowers never close, as the petals abscise when the flower is still open.