espalier

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  • Noun:
    a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat

Word Origin

espalier (n.)
fan-shaped trellis for ornamental or fruit trees, 1660s, from French espalier (16c.), from Italian spalliera "stake-works shoulder-high," from spalla "shoulder," from Latin spatula (see spatula).

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