Trees get limbs oddly removed (4)
I believe the answer is:
elms
'trees' is the definition.
(elm is a kind of tree)
'get limbs oddly removed' is the wordplay.
'oddly removed' means one should take alternating letters (letters in odd-numbered positions removed).
'get'+'limbs'='getlimbs'
The alternate letters of 'getlimbs' are 'ELMS'.
(Other definitions for elms that I've seen before include "Trees sound like Cockney steering devices" , "Deciduous trees with rough serrated leaves" , "Trees (of late, prone to disease)" , "may have many leaves" , "Mel's strange trees" .)