pruning

pruning
subs.
P. κουρά, ἡ.

PRUNING

PROP. amputatio; putatio (Cic.); recisio interlucatio (Plin.).

Figuratively by the verbs.

pruning (subs.):

1. pŭtātio (arborum, vitium): Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249. Also, (sarmentorum) amputatio, id. Sen. 15, 53.

2. pampĭnātio (of vines); Col. 4, 6, init. (For syn., see verb.)