Term: abscission: shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
Broader: shedding: the process whereby something is shed | Unrelated: pinfold: a pen where stray animals are confined
Broader: shedding: the process whereby something is shed | Unrelated: holography: the branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image
Broader: shedding: the process whereby something is shed | Unrelated: viscount: a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
Broader: shedding: the process whereby something is shed | Unrelated: irreversibility: the quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed)
Broader: shedding: the process whereby something is shed | Unrelated: truthfulness: the quality of being truthful
Broader: shedding: the process whereby something is shed | Unrelated: musk clover: low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria
Broader: shedding: the process whereby something is shed | Unrelated: leap year: in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400
Broader: shedding: the process whereby something is shed | Unrelated: brace: elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
Broader: shedding: the process whereby something is shed | Unrelated: bad guy: any person who is not on your side
Broader: shedding: the process whereby something is shed | Unrelated: walking delegate: a union representative who visits workers at their jobs to see whether agreements are observed