ABSTRICTION
\ɐbstɹˈɪkʃən], \ɐbstɹˈɪkʃən], \ɐ_b_s_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
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In botany, a mode of spore formation by a constriction of the end of the mother cell, the spores seeming to be nipped off; abjunction.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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