Word Finder - pollards

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A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.

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A buck deer that has shed its antlers.

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A hornless variety of domestic animal, as cattle or goats.

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A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.

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A fine grade of bran including some flour.

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A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

The reserve's woodland is predominantly oak - many of which are magnificent old pollards - with some areas dominated by beech.

Their ages range from 300 to 1,000 years and include many pollards, remnants of former grazing regimes.

Many of its known host trees are old oak pollards.

The work restored two old willow pollards and created three new pollards.

For this reason many street pollards would be managed by the local council on a regular basis.

There are several oak pollards on the hillside above the farm.

Other species can be less massive, such as old hornbeam pollards, field maples or holly.