adjective.
Of or characterized by the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals.
noun.
Topiary work or art.
noun.
A topiary garden.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In gardening, clipped or cut into ornamental shapes; also, of or pertaining to such trimming. Topiary work is the clipping and trimming of trees and shrubs into regular or fantastic shapes.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian.
adjective.
arbors, shrubbery, hedges, or the like, cut and trimmed into fanciful forms, as of animals, buildings, etc.
noun.
A garden decorated with shrubs which have been trimmed in artistic shapes, often of animals.
noun.
One such shrub or tree.
noun.
Topiary gardening.
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noun.
a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals
noun.
making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
Word Usage
"In that sense, topiary is almost the opposite of arborsculpture in that you're only trimming the foliage, whereas in arborsculpture, you're only working with the trunk."