topiary
adjective
(of a plant) clipped or trimmed into fantastic shapes.
topiaries
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pluralof topiary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Many trees, shrubs, sub-shrubs and even vines can become topiaries, he has discovered, but some are easier, better or faster.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
The topiaries, scorched from the onslaught, had to be replaced almost every year.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2023
We enter a garden filled with tiny topiaries and concrete animals, dodge a child holding a birthday balloon, and a heavenly vanilla breeze moves out from a bakeshop and toward me like a small warhead.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2023
While the parks are closed, teams are still maintaining the topiaries, many of which are trimmed to look like various Disney characters.
From Fox News ● Apr. 23, 2020
Shrubs that had been tidy topiaries had grown into great shaggy trees, and bowers of blooming vines had overspilled their neat beds to riot up the walls and columns and drape over the railing.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
