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Definition of Topiary
1. Noun. A garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals.
2. Noun. Making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees.
Definition of Topiary
1. a. Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian.
Definition of Topiary
1. Adjective. In the manner of a topiary. ¹
2. Adjective. Of, or relating to art of topiaries. ¹
3. Noun. A garden decorated with shrubs which have been trimmed in artistic shapes, often of animals. ¹
4. Noun. One such shrub or tree. ¹
5. Noun. Topiary gardening. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Topiary
1. the art of trimming shrubs into shapes [n -ARIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Topiary
Literary usage of Topiary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1859)
"THE topiary ART. BY WILSON FLAGO. No art connected with gardening has been ...
If the topiary art is to be condemned, its condemnation must be grounded on ..."
2. Walks in Oxford: Comprising an Original, Historical, and Descriptive Account by W. M. Wade (1818)
"... these Gardens formerly displayed the royal arms, a dial, and a knot, all
curiously executed in topiary work; but these objects of vulgar admiration have ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"topiary planting and garden architecture. topiary work includes sheared hedges,
... topiary and garden architecture, although distinct and separate, ..."
4. The Pyrenees, West and East by Charles Richard Weld (1859)
"topiary Work. — Verdant Sculpture. — Bareges. — Repulsive I rival ids.— Temporary
Houses.—Geology of Bareges. — Packing-up Houses. —The Springs. ..."
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