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topiary

[ toh-pee-er-ee ]

adjective

  1. (of a plant) clipped or trimmed into fantastic shapes.
  2. of or relating to such trimming.


noun

plural topiaries.
  1. topiary work; the topiary art.
  2. a garden containing such work.

topiary

/ ˈtəʊpɪərɪ; ˌtəʊpɪˈɛərɪən /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characterized by the trimming or training of trees or bushes into artificial decorative animal, geometric, or other shapes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. -aries
    1. topiary work
    2. a topiary garden
  2. the art of topiary
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù´Ç±è¾±²¹°ù¾±²õ³Ù, noun
  • topiarian, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of topiary1

1585–95; < Latin ³Ù´Ç±è¾±Äå°ù¾±³Ü²õ pertaining to landscape-gardening or to ornamental gardens, equivalent to topi ( a ) (plural) artificial landscape (< Greek ³Ùó±è¾±²¹ (singular topion ), diminutive of ³Ùó±è´Ç²õ place) + -Äå°ù¾±³Ü²õ -ary
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of topiary1

C16: from French topiaire, from Latin topia decorative garden work, from Greek topion little place, from topos place
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This is how the popular topiary artist, whose longtime clients include Martha Stewart, rolls these days in his high-top white Nissan.

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She craned her neck to see all the topiary mazes of moonflower hedges and starfruit trees.

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Plan ahead now to give your yard permanent color and texture even in the bleakest months with evergreen hedges, small trees or glamorous topiary.

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For us, the Edgar is a work of rasquache art, a human topiary requiring habitual maintenance.

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He chose it as the site for the first Galaxy Garden, a topiary re-creation of the Milky Way.

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