cladoptosis

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

noun Botany.

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

Origin:
1880–85; clado- + ptosis

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Cladoptosis is always a great word to know.

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group of mostly aquatic eukaryotic organisms which conduct photosynthesis and make their own food

method of forming complex organic materials using sunlight as energy source

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