topiary
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to·pi·ar·y 
[toh-pee-er-ee] Pronunciation Key adjective, noun, plural -ar·ies. Horticulture
[toh-pee-er-ee] Pronunciation Key adjective, noun, plural -ar·ies. Horticulture –adjective
–noun
| 1. | (of a plant) clipped or trimmed into fantastic shapes. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to such trimming. |
| 3. | topiary work; the topiary art. |
| 4. | a garden containing such work. |
[Origin: 1585–95; < L topiārius pertaining to landscape-gardening or to ornamental gardens, equiv. to topi(a) (pl.) artificial landscape (< Gk tópia (sing. topion), dim. of tópos place) + -ārius -ary]
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| to·pi·ar·y
(tō'pē-ěr'ē) Pronunciation Key
adj. Of or characterized by the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals. n. pl. to·pi·ar·ies
[Latin topiārius, from topia, ornamental gardening, from Greek topia, pl. of topion, field, diminutive of topos, place.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
topiary
topiary
1592, from L. topiarius "of or pertaining to ornamental gardening," from topia "ornamental gardening," from Gk. topia, pl. of topion, originally "a field," dim. of topos "place." The noun is first recorded 1908, from the adj.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| topiary | |
noun | |
| 1. | a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals |
| 2. | making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Topiary
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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