ab·joint
| \ (ˈ)ab¦jȯint \
Definition of abjoint
: to form by cutting off (as a protuberance from a mother cell)
: to separate by means of a cross wall (as of certain cells and of fungal spores cut off from hyphal tips)
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The first known use of abjoint was in 1887
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