Separate by cutting off

• Separate, as a flower from a plant

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue remove or separate by abscission

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cut off. (First attested in the early 17 th century.) (R:SOED5: page=8) 2 (context intransitive botany English) To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off. (First attested in the early 20 th century.)