Definition of "pollarded" [pollarded]

• Simple past tense and past participle of pollard. (verb)
• That has been cut back heavily in order to produce dense new growth (adjective)

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• "'pollarded' - or have their tops cut off - to maintain their long term safety and sustainability."
• "We went through country characteristic of the levels: narrow causeways lined by pollarded willow, where banks protect the roadway from the often swollen rhynes."
• "The new growth of pollarded curly or corkscrew willow, Salix matsudana is pleasing against the dark green background of the Hemlocks."