pollard
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Mr McBride, who records ancient trees in Wales, said the oak had enormous cultural significance as it was a pollard - it had not grown in the field naturally.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2018
This permits the tree to develop knobbly structures called pollard heads, which form natural defenses against wound decay.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2015
This permits the tree to develop knobbly structures called pollard heads, which form natural defenses against wound decay.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2015
An old pollard in Savernake Forest that could date back to Saxon times.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2014
A hollow tree is a common resource—the pollard willow generally becomes hollow in its old age—and with a piece of the decaying “touchwood” or a strip of dead bark his tools are ingeniously covered up.
From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard
