整せい枝し

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

training; pruning

Horticultural term for shaping and directing the growth of branches, especially in fruit trees and ornamental plants.

• 果か樹じゅの整せい枝しは冬ふゆに行おこなうのが一いっ般ぱん的てきです。

  Training of fruit trees is generally done in winter.

• 盆ぼん栽さいでは、針はり金がねを使つかって枝えだを整せい枝しします。

  In bonsai, branches are trained using wire.