topiaries

Noun

topiary (countable and uncountable, plural topiaries)

1. (uncountable) Art or practice of trimming shrubs or trees in artistic or ornamental shapes, e.g. of animals.
   • The palace garden might have had a semblance of coolness had there been any trees, but the tallest things were fanciful topiary, tortured into the shapes of running horses or bears performing tumblers’ tricks or the like.1994, Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, prologue
2. (countable) A garden decorated with such art.
3. (countable) One such shrub or tree.
   • We have topiaries for sale.

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