a.
Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony.
Pinching bar, a pinch bar. See
pinching
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a.
| Gardener's Dictionary: pinching |
Removing the top or central growing point of a plant to promote the development of side shoots. See also apical dominance. See also
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