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topiary
n.
art of trimming plants or trees into decorative shapes; garden containing trees that are trimmed into fanciful shapes
adj.
(plant or tree) trimmed into a decorative shape, clipped into a fanciful shape
Topiary
Topiary is the
horticultural practice of training live
perennial plants by clipping the
foliage and
twigs of
trees,
shrubs and
subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, whether geometric or fanciful. The term also refers to plants which have been shaped in this way. As an art form it is a type of
living sculpture. The word derives from the
Latin word for an ornamental
landscape gardener,
topiarius, a creator of
topia or "places", a Greek word that Romans also applied to fictive indoor landscapes executed in
fresco.
topiary
Noun
1. a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals
(hypernym) garden
2. making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
(hypernym) art, artistic creation, artistic production
Topiary
(a.)
Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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