pollard

/ˈpɑlərd/
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Other forms: pollards; pollarded; pollarding

Definitions of pollard
  1. noun
    a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage
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    type of:
    tree
    a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
  2. noun
    a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed
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    type of:
    ruminant
    any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
  3. verb
    convert into a pollard
    “pollard trees”
    synonyms: poll
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    type of:
    clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim
    cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
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