The surgical cutting or separation of a plant shoot; the operation of cutting plant stems for grafting.
From 'cion' (plant shoot) + Greek '-tomy' (cutting, section). Uses the medical suffix for cutting procedures applied to horticultural operations.
Words ending in '-tomy' usually describe surgical procedures (vasectomy, lobotomy), so 'cionotomy' humorously suggests that grafting is as precise and ceremonial as surgery—and in skilled hands, it really is.
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