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piˌɛr adjective
1.
(of a plant) clipped or trimmed into fantastic shapes.
2.
of or pertaining to such trimming.
Origin:
1585–95; < Latin topiārius pertaining to landscape-gardening or to ornamental gardens, equivalent to topi(a) (plural) artificial landscape (< Greek tópia (singular topion), diminutive of tópos place) + -ārius -ary
1585–95; < Latin topiārius pertaining to landscape-gardening or to ornamental gardens, equivalent to topi(a) (plural) artificial landscape (< Greek tópia (singular topion), diminutive of tópos place) + -ārius -ary
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topiary (ˈtəʊpɪərɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, relating to, or characterized by the trimming or training of trees or bushes into artificial decorative animal, geometric, or other shapes |
| —n , -aries | |
| 2. | a. topiary work |
| b. a topiary garden | |
| 3. | the art of topiary |
| [C16: from French topiaire, from Latin topia decorative garden work, from Greek topion little place, from topos place] | |
| topiarian | |
| —adj | |
| 'topiarist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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