topiary
pronunciation
How to pronounce topiary in British English:
UK [ˈtəʊpiəri]
How to pronounce topiary in American English:
US [ˈtoʊpieri]
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- Noun:
- a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals
- making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
Word Origin
- topiary (adj.)
- 1590s, from Latin topiarius "of or pertaining to ornamental gardening," as a noun, "ornamental gardening, landscape gardening," also "an ornamental gardener," from topia "ornamental gardening," from Greek topia, plural of topion, originally "a field," diminutive of topos "place" (see topos). The noun is first recorded 1906, from the adjective.
Example
- 1. Eden roc resort topiary tree forest , miami beach .
- 2. Lines of neat topiary in the great fountain garden .
- 3. A topiary guardian is a shrub or bush sculpted into the shape of an animal and them animated by arcane magic .
- 4. He has the most imaginative topiary garden around .
- 5. There are no two topiary joe sculptures alike .