Meaning & use
topiary
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the art of clipping shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, or a plant shaped this way.
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The palace gardens were famous for their elaborate topiary shaped like animals.
She spent hours trimming the hedge into a spiral topiary.
A note on using this word
Topiary can refer to the technique itself or, informally, to an individual clipped plant, as in 'a row of topiaries.'
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