buissonn.
/ˈbwiːsɒ̃/ Horticulture.
A fruit-tree on a very low stem with the branches closely pruned.
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1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. i. ii. 48 If a shrub is low, and very much branched, it is often called dumosus..: this kind of shrub is what the French understand by their word buisson.
1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 159/2 Buisson, is a fruit tree on a very low stem, and with a head closely pruned.
1881 in J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. (Annandale)
1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) I. 327/2 Buisson, name given at one time to a dwarf fruit tree on a low stem, closely pruned annually.
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