pruning shears

A jaw-tool for trimming trees, shrubs, and hedges, pruning fruit trees, vines, . prûn'-ner-ite, s. [After Prunner of Cagliari, Sardinia; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A variety of calcite occurring in very obtuse rhombohedrons, of a pale plum-blue color, and chalcedony-like aspect. Found at Hestoe, Faroe Islands, a ociated with apophyllite. prûn'-ŭs, s. (Lat.] [PRUNE.] 1. Bot .: Plum and Cherry. Calyx five-cleft, petals five, nut of the drupe smooth, or furrowed at the margin. Species about eighty, chiefly from the north temperate zone. 2. Palæobot .: Prunus occurs in the Bourne mouth beds (Eocene), in the Italian Pliocene, and in the English Pleistocene.