Pruner

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pruner
       n 1: a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs;
            "untouched by the pruner's axe" [syn: {trimmer}]
       2: a long-handled edge tool with a curved blade at the end and
          sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees [syn: {pruning
          hook}, {lopper}]