TOPIARY


Meaning of TOPIARY in English

/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 ]

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