'Pruner' definitions:
Definition of 'pruner'
(from WordNet)
noun
A worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; "untouched by the pruner's axe" [syn: pruner, trimmer]
noun
A long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees [syn: pruner, pruning hook, lopper]
Definition of 'Pruner'
From: GCIDE
- Pruner \Prun"er\, n.
- 1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larv[ae] gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner ({Asemum m[oe]stum}), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa. [1913 Webster]