latvoa — meaning in English

English meaning

• pinch verb To squeeze a bit of skin or an object tightly between the thumb and finger.
• Pollard noun A tree that has been pruned back hard to the trunk so it grows a dense crown of new shoots.

Senses

latvoa is used for these senses in English:

• pinch (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
• pollard (horticulture) To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.

pinch — full definition

1. verb To squeeze a bit of skin or an object tightly between the thumb and finger.
2. verb British informal: to steal something, usually minor.
3. noun A small amount of something, especially a powder, held between finger and thumb.
4. noun A difficult or tight situation, often financial.

Pollard — full definition

1. noun A tree that has been pruned back hard to the trunk so it grows a dense crown of new shoots.
2. verb To prune a tree this way, cutting it back to the trunk to encourage bushy new growth.

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