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TOPIARIAN
Etymology
Adjective
topiarian (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to topiary.
[…] the southern court of the ballium had become a flower-garden, with quaint terraces, statues, knots of flowers, clipped yews and hollies, and all the pedantries of the topiarian art.
Source: Wiktionary
Top`i*a"ri*an, a. Etym: [See Toplary.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of trees, hedges, etc.; practicing ornamental gardening. [R.] "The topiarian artist." Sir W. Scott. All the pedantries of the topiarian art. C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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