| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | to·pi·ar·y |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t  p - r |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of or characterized by the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals. | | NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. to·pi·ar·ies
1. Topiary work or art. 2. A topiary garden. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin topi rius, from topia, ornamental gardening, from Greek topia, pl. of topion, field, diminutive of topos, place.
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