espalier
noun/ɪˈspæliə(r)/
/ɪˈspæliər/
- a tree or shrub that is grown flat along a wooden or wire frame on a wall
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- the frame that such a tree grows along
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian spalliera, from spalla ‘shoulder’, from Latin spatula (see spatula), in late Latin, ‘shoulder blade’.
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