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pol⋅lard

  [pol-erd]
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–noun
1. a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches.
2. an animal, as a stag, ox, or sheep, having no horns.
–verb (used with object)
3. to convert into a pollard.
Origin:
1515–25; poll 1 + -ard
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pol·lard   (pŏl'ərd)   
n.  

  1. A tree whose top branches have been cut back to the trunk so that it may produce a dense growth of new shoots.

  2. An animal, such as an ox, goat, or sheep, that no longer has its horns.

tr.v.   pol·lard·ed, pol·lard·ing, pol·lards
To convert or make into a pollard.

[From poll.]
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