Definition of "pruned" [pruned]

• Simple past tense and past participle of prune. (verb)

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• "The NeoTards will have to be pruned from the party if it is ever to rise again ..."
• "Likewise Deut. 23: 17-18 must be pruned from the list, since it most likely refers to a heterosexual prostitute involved in Canaanite fertility rites that have infiltrated Jewish worship; the King James Version inaccurately labeled him a "sodomite.""
• "Kukicha: Also called winter tea, kukicha is made from twigs and old leaves pruned from the tea plant during its dormant season and dry-roasted over a fire."