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topiary

toh pee e ree

  • n  a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals
  • n  making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees

  • Peg's neighbors, naturally skeptical of having a monster next door, soon realize that Edward's handicap is also an asset: his scissorhands can sculpt trees into topiary, reshape .
  • GILLETTE and SCHICK enter the personal-topiary market.
  • I remember traveling in Japan years ago and watching the shocked faces of American tourists coming across a giant topiary swastika that adorned a hillside near a famous temple.
News & Articles

  • You Are What You Eat: Unexpected ways with bay
    By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD One of the least-used fresh herbs is bay. Several years ago I planted a bay tree in my garden, and I have been rewarded with more fresh bay leaves than anyone could use. Every December I prune the tree back. (Bay trees can get really big; I keep mine trimmed topiary-style at about 10 feet.) I make holiday wreaths from the cuttings for family and friends. I tie in some ...
    June 13, 2013 - Ballard News-Tribune
Quotes

  • Matthew Bourne in Seattle Post Intelligencer
    Bourne, in Seattle for the first time, said he was immediately struck by the musical qualities of the film as well as its imagery, which offers a real gift to a designer: "the snow, topiary and mixture of gothic and suburbia."

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