espalier
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3ADJ.
alone, grown
ESPALIER + NOUN
villages
PREP.
from, in
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noun
A latticework used to shape or train the branches of a tree or shrub into a two-dimensional ornamental or useful design, as along a wall or fence.
The garment stalls carried the traditional blue vine-dressers' outfits, sunhats, and the great willow pitchforks grown in espalier at villages like Sauve.
A plant that has been shaped in this manner.
It is on this rocky surface that one finds many of the growth forms associated with extreme life conditions: polsters, mat plants, espaliers.
A row of plants that have been shaped in this manner.
Often some night-animal, hedgehog or weasel, setting out on the hunt, disturbed the lovers, or sometimes they heard a ripe peach falling all alone from the espalier.
verb
To train a plant in this manner.
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3The garment stalls carried the traditional blue vine-dressers' outfits, sunhats, and the great willow pitchforks grown in espalier at villages like Sauve.
WiktionaryIt is on this rocky surface that one finds many of the growth forms associated with extreme life conditions: polsters, mat plants, espaliers.
WiktionaryOften some night-animal, hedgehog or weasel, setting out on the hunt, disturbed the lovers, or sometimes they heard a ripe peach falling all alone from the espalier.
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