/toh"pee er'ee/ , adj., n., pl. topiaries . Hort.
adj.
1. (of a plant) clipped or trimmed into fantastic shapes.
2. of or pertaining to such trimming.
n.
3. topiary work; the topiary art.
4. a garden containing such work.
[ 1585-95; topiarius pertaining to landscape-gardening or to ornamental gardens, equiv. to topi ( a ) (pl.) artificial landscape ( tópia (sing. topion ), dim. of tópos place) + -arius -ARY ]