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pollard definition

pol·lard (päl′ərd)

noun

  1. a hornless goat, deer, ox, etc.
  2. a tree with its top branches cut back to the trunk, so as to cause a dense growth of new shoots

Etymology: poll + -ard

transitive verb

to change into a pollard

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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