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Concept information

Preferred term

pruning

Type

  • Product

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • shearing (plants)
  • thinning (cutting of branches)
  • thinning (of canopy)
  • tree surgery
  • trimming (plants)

Scope note

  • Use for the cultural practice of removing plant parts by man: For the natural process of branches dying and breaking off USE natural pruning.

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/32141

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