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TOPIARY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("topiary" is a kind of...):
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("topiary" is a kind of...):
garden (a plot of ground where plants are cultivated)