topiary
topiary Lexical Profile
topiary Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The horticultural art or practice of clipping and training perennial shrubs or trees into ornamental, geometric, or representational shapes.
"The head gardener spent decades perfecting the art of topiary on the manor grounds."
A shrub or tree that has been clipped and trained into an ornamental or sculptural shape, or a garden featuring such plants.
"Two spiral boxwood topiaries flanked the stone entrance to the conservatory."
• adjective
Relating to, characterized by, or created through the art of clipping and training shrubs or trees into ornamental shapes.
"We strolled through the historic estate's elaborate topiary gardens."
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century via French from Latin topiarius ('relating to ornamental gardening'), derived from topia ('fancy gardening, landscape painting'), ultimately from Ancient Greek topos ('place').
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