Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - topiary
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Topiary
topiary
I. adjective Etymology: Latin topiarius, from topia ornamental gardening, irregular from Greek topos place Date: 1592 of, relating to, or being the practice or art of training, cutting, and trimming trees or shrubs into odd or ornamental shapes; also characterized by such work II. noun (plural -aries) Date: 1904 1. ~ art or gardening; also a ~ garden 2. a. a plant shaped by ~ art b. ~ plants
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adj. & n. --adj. concerned with or formed by clipping shrubs, trees, etc. into ornamental shapes. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 topiary art. 2 an example of this. Derivatives topiarian adj. topiarist n. Etymology: F topiaire f. L topiarius landscape-gardener f. topia opera fancy gardening f. Gk topia pl. dimin. of topos place ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. с-х. фигурная стрижка кустов 2. сад с подстриженными деревьями topiary garden —- сад в классическом стиле ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) искусство фигурной стрижки садовых деревьев 2) сад с подстриженными деревьями 2. adj. topiary art = topiary 1. 1) topiary garden = topiary 1. 2) ...Англо-русский словарь
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Topiary is the art of cutting trees and bushes into different shapes, for example into the shapes of birds or animals. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n trees and bushes cut into the shapes of birds, animals etc, or the art of cutting them in this way ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1592, from L. topiarius "of or pertaining to ornamental gardening," from topia "ornamental gardening," from Gk. topia, pl. of topion, originally "a field," dim. of topos "place." The noun is first recorded 1908, from the adj. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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