TRELLIS

Trellis

A trellis is an architectural structure, usually made from an open framework or lattice of interwoven or intersecting pieces of wood, bamboo or metal that is normally made to support and display climbing plants, especially shrubs. There are many types of trellis for different places and for different plants, from agricultural types, especially in viticulture, which are covered at vine training systems, to garden uses for climbers such as grapevines, clematis, ivy, and climbing roses or other support based growing plants. The rose trellis is especially common in Europe and other rose-growing areas, and many climbing rose varieties require a trellis ...

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trellis

Noun

  1. An outdoor garden frame which can be used for partitioning a common area.
  2. An outdoor garden frame which can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants.
  3. A kind of graph used in communication theory and encryption.

Verb

  1. To train or arrange (plants) so that they grow against a trellis.
    to trellis vines


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