Definitions for: Pruner

[n] a long-handled edge tool with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees
[n] a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; "untouched by the pruner's axe"

Webster (1913) Definition: Prun"er, n.
1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.

2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Synonyms: lopper, pruning hook, trimmer

See Also: edge tool, worker

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