1. shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue • Hypernyms: shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop • Verb Frames: - Something ----s 2. remove or separate by abscission • Derivationally related forms: abscission • Hypernyms: cut off, chop off, lop off • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something