Meaning

noun a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals

noun making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees

originFrom Latin topiarius (“of or relating to ornamental gardening; an ornamental garden, an ornamental gardener”), from Latin topia (“ornamental gardening, landscape painting”), from Ancient Greek τόπια (tópia, “artistic representation in which natural or artificial features of a place are used as the medium”), plural of Ancient Greek τόπιον (tópion, “field, landscape”), from τόπος (tópos, “place”).…

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