单词 | topiary |
释义 | topiary /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; < L topiarius pertaining to landscape-gardening or to ornamental gardens, equiv. to topi(a) (pl.) artificial landscape ( < Gk tópia (sing. topion), dim. of tópos place) + -arius -ARY] |
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