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cladoptosis

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clad⋅op⋅to⋅sis

  [klad-op-toh-sis, kley-dop-]
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–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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