CANOPY

Canopy

In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant community or crop, formed by plant crowns.

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canopy

Noun

  1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
  2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
  3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
  4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
  5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.

Verb

  1. To cover with or as if with a canopy.
  2. To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.


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