abscise

Questions about abscise

What does abscise mean?

abscise means "shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abscise?

abscise has 2 syllables and divides as ab-scise under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is abscise a common word?

abscise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.