cicatrix

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a scar formed as fibrous tissue replaces or contracts over a healed wound

   A broad cicatrix remained after the burn healed.

2. 2
   noun

   a scar-like mark left where a plant organ or other part was formerly attached

   Each fallen leaf left a small cicatrix on the twig.

Borrowed from Latin cicatrix, 'scar.' Medicine retained the learned Latin term for fibrous scar tissue, while botany extended it to scar-like marks left by detached leaves or other organs.

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