"disbranch" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "dis- + branch",
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      "form": "disbranches",
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      "form": "disbranching",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1761, John Mordant, The Complete Steward",
          "text": "There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove. Mr. Evelyn says, he has removed them twice as big as a man's waist ; but then they were totally disbranched, the top being left only intire […]",
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          "ref": "August 20 2021, Sara Bruestle, “See bodacious blooms at dahlia show this weekend in Everett”, in The Herald",
          "text": "You have to disbud and disbranch your plants to get one bloom that is anywhere close to perfection.",
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        "To remove a branch or branches."
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        "(transitive) To remove a branch or branches."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "To tear away; to break off."
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        "(intransitive) To tear away; to break off."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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  "word": "disbranch"
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          "ref": "1761, John Mordant, The Complete Steward",
          "text": "There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove. Mr. Evelyn says, he has removed them twice as big as a man's waist ; but then they were totally disbranched, the top being left only intire […]",
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          "text": "You have to disbud and disbranch your plants to get one bloom that is anywhere close to perfection.",
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