See topiary on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1910, American homes and gardens: Volume 7:",
"text": "As the topiary art has been allowed to practically die out, it is difficult to secure the services of skilled clippers.",
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}
],
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"Of, or relating to art of topiaries."
],
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"not-comparable"
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"glosses": [
"Of a tree or shrub, trimmed in artistic shape."
],
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"not-comparable"
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈtəʊpjəɹi/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtoʊpiˌɛəɹi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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}
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to the art of topiaries",
"word": "muotoonleikkaus-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "relating to the art of topiaries",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "topiaire"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fytoglyptikós",
"sense": "relating to the art of topiaries",
"word": "φυτογλυπτικός"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fytoglyptikí",
"sense": "relating to the art of topiaries",
"word": "φυτογλυπτική"
},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "relating to the art of topiaries",
"word": "φυτογλυπτικό"
},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "relating to the art of topiaries",
"word": "κηπογλυπτικός"
},
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"sense": "relating to the art of topiaries",
"word": "κηπογλυπτικό"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "relating to the art of topiaries",
"word": "tocweithiol"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trimmed in artistic shape",
"word": "muotoonleikattu"
}
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"topiary"
],
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"word": "arborsculpture"
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"word": "bonsai"
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{
"word": "espalier"
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"ref": "1994, Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, prologue:",
"text": "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.",
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"A garden decorated with such art."
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"text": "We have topiaries for sale.",
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈtoʊpiˌɛəɹi/",
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "art or practice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "art topiària"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "art or practice",
"word": "muotoonleikkaus"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "art or practice",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Formschnittgärtnerei"
},
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "fytoglyptikí",
"sense": "art or practice",
"word": "φυτογλυπτική"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kipoglyptikí",
"sense": "art or practice",
"word": "κηπογλυπτική"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "art or practice",
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"masculine"
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"word": "tordhearadh"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "art or practice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tocwaith"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "shrub",
"word": "muotoonleikattu pensas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "shrub",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "topiaire"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fytóglypto",
"sense": "shrub",
"word": "φυτόγλυπτο"
}
],
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"topiary"
],
"word": "topiary"
}
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