pollard
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
- A buck deer that has shed its antlers.
- A hornless variety of domestic animal, such as cattle or goats.
- A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.
- A fine grade of bran including some flour. The fine cell layer between bran layers and endosperm, used for animal feed.
- A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
Verb
- To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.
Proper noun
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- A town in Escambia County, Alabama, United States.
- A minor city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Victoria Township, Rice County, Kansas, United States.
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