| A | B |
| apical dominance | the growing tips of plants |
| pruning | cutting plant parts for a desired purpose |
| loppers | large handled pruners |
| pinch pruning | breaking by hand the terminal bud |
| orchard ladder | has 3 legs |
| suberin | waterproof material within plant |
| crown thinning | pruning fruit trees for better fruit set |
| crown raising | clearance for pedestrians |
| crown reduction | also called drop crotch pruning |
| rejuvenation | severe pruning of shrubs to about 6 inches of the ground |
| renewal | pruning out old, dead branches |
| training | trying to create a certain shape |
| central leader | main upright shoot of a tree |
| scaffold branch | branch growing from the trunk of the tree |
| epicormic shoots | they were dormant and not are growing after pruning |
| pollarding | severe pruning after it has attained its full height |
| coppicing | more severe pruning to a short stump |
| pleaching | weave together branches |
| topiary | plant sculpture |
| espaliar | growing on a flat surface |