Meaning of TOPIARY
| Pronunciation: | | 'towpee`eree
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- [n] making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
- [n] a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals
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| | See Also: | | art, artistic creation, artistic production, garden | |
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| | Definition: | | \Top"i*a*ry\, a. [L. topiarius belonging to ornamental
gardening, fr. topia (sc. opera) ornamental gardening, fr.
Gr. ? a place.]
Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by
cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian.
{Topiary work}, arbors, shrubbery, hedges, or the like, cut
and trimmed into fanciful forms, as of animals, buildings,
etc.
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