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secateurs

noun
🔊/ˌsekəˈtɜːz/
🔊/ˌsekəˈtɜːrz/
 [plural] (British English)
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  1. a garden tool like a pair of strong scissors, used for cutting plant stems and small branches整枝剪；修枝剪
    • a pair of secateurs一把整枝剪
    Topics Gardensc2
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: plural of French sécateur ‘cutter’, formed irregularly from Latin secare ‘to cut’.