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prune

/pɹun/ noun C1
  1. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
  2. Something wrinkly like a prune. (figuratively)
  3. An old woman, especially a wrinkly one. (slang)

Plural prunes

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“Those are indeed holidays to me; I go into the garden, I plant, I prune, I trim, I kill the insects all day long.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 648 · C1

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