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  • 21Myrtus — For the main belt asteroid, see 9203 Myrtus. Myrtle Myrtus communis …

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  • 22topiary — to|pi|a|ry [ˈtəupiəri US ˈtoupieri] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: topiarius of decorative gardening , from topia decorative gardening , from Greek topos place ] trees and bushes cut into the shapes of birds, animals etc, or the art of… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23topic — [16] Greek tópos meant ‘place’. From it was derived the adjective topikós ‘of a place’, which came to mean ‘commonplace’. Aristotle used it in the title of his treatise Tà topiká, which contains commonplace arguments, and it was with direct… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24topiary — (adj.) 1590s, from L. topiarius of or pertaining to ornamental gardening, from topia ornamental gardening, from Gk. topia, plural of topion, originally a field, dim. of topos place. The noun is first recorded 1908, from the adjective …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 25topiary — [ təʊpɪəri] noun (plural topiaries) 1》 the art or practice of clipping shrubs or trees into ornamental shapes. 2》 shrubs or trees clipped in such a way. Derivatives topiarian pɪ ɛ:rɪən adjective topiarist noun Origin C16: from Fr …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 26topiário — adj. 1. Relativo a topiaria. • s. m. 2. Jardineiro que pratica a topiaria.   ‣ Etimologia: latim topiarius, a, um …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 27topiary — to•pi•ar•y [[t]ˈtoʊ piˌɛr i[/t]] adj. n. pl. ar•ies 1) bot (of a tree or shrub) clipped or trimmed into fantastic or ornamental shapes 2) of or pertaining to such trimming 3) bot topiary work; the topiary art 4) bot a garden containing such work… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28topiary — /ˈtoʊpiəri / (say tohpeeuhree) adjective 1. (of hedges, trees, etc.) clipped or trimmed into (fantastic) shapes. 2. of or relating to such trimming. –noun (plural topiaries) 3. topiary work; the topiary art. 4. a garden containing such work.… …

  • 29jardinier — Jardinier, Olitor. Un jardinier qui esmonde les arbres, Arborator. Un jardinier qui fait ouvrages de verdure qu on voit parmy les jardins, Topiarius …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 30verdure — La verdure des fruicts qui ne sont encore meurs, ou qui sont cueillis avant leur saison, Acerbitas. Lieu plein de verdure, ou d herbes verdes, Viretum, siue Virectum. Ouvrage de verdure, comme on voit parmi les jardins de plaisance, en forme de… …

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