pruning

  1. Noun.  A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
  2. Noun.  (countable) Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
  3. Noun.  (computer science) A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.
  4. Verb.  (present participle of, prune) .

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