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1. Something that has been pruned off of a plant
    
2. The act of trimming a plant

1. Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
   "prune the plants in the garden";
   - snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, cut back
    
2. Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
   - cut, rationalize, rationalise [Brit]

Derived forms: prunings

See also: curtail, cut out, trim down

Type of: clipping, cutting, do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of, thin out, trim, trimming

Encyclopedia: Pruning