How to pronounce prune

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What prune means

verb

Most people know prune in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To cut off dead or extra branches from a plant

In a sentence: In spring we help Aunt Rosa prune the rosebushes so they grow back fuller.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word for a bird trimming its feathers with its beak. It is a different word from the dried plum, which comes from Latin.

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