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cladoptosis

[ klad-op-toh-sis, kley-dop- ]

noun

, Botany.
  1. the annual shedding of twigs or branches instead of leaves, as in certain cypresses.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cladoptosis1

First recorded in 1880–85; clado- + ptosis

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