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Answer for the clue "Horticultural support ", 7 letters:
trellis

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. latticework used to support climbing plants [syn: treillage ] v. train on a trellis, as of a vine

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A trellis (treillage) 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 ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trellis \Trel"lis\, n. [OE. relis, F. treillis, fr. treille vine arbor, fr. L. tricla, triclea, triclia, a bower, arbor, summer house.] A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting ...

Usage examples of trellis.

They had it all to themselves, and it was filled with things that Bernard liked--inequalities of level, with mossy steps connecting them, rose-trees trained upon old brick walls, horizontal trellises arranged like Italian pergolas, and here and there a towering poplar, looking as if it had survived from some more primitive stage of culture, with its stiff boughs motionless and its leaves forever trembling.

I have also tried it in pots, grown and bloomed under the shade of a trellised peach tree, in a small house, without artificial heat, where it not only did well, but vied with the violets for effectiveness.

And Ralph sat down on the trellised portico, stretching out his elegant rosetted shoes, and laughing.

Round each was a wide verandah, partly trellised with vines, and festooned by bougainvillea, snowy stephanotis, and the orange, bell-shaped flowers of the begonia.

When it came right up to the trellis, everybody sat as if frozen at their tables, chunks of sterlet on their forks, eyes popping.

The vines of the clematis tangutica climbed the trellis and the foxglove and aconitum looked hearty and healthy.

The Biltmore Grill boasted a large outdoor patio, complete with paddle fans and a trellised ceiling climbing with wisteria.

I gave the cart in charge of a blackboy who was lounging about the slip--rails, and made my way to the granadilla trellis, where the lovers often spont their early morning hours.

Number twelve was a semi-detached cottage with bullnosed corrugated-iron roof and a Victorian fretwork castiron trellis beneath the eaves.

Number twelve was a semidetached cottage with bullnosed corrugated-iron roof and a Victorian fretwork castiron trellis beneath the eaves.

The backyard, as concise as the house, is enclosed by a scrim of privet hedge and monopolized by flowerbeds: peonies in late, tempestuous bloom, trellised veils of clematis and rugosa roses, gladiolas hinting at the colors sheathed in their spearlike buds.

Each had the same granary built high on pillars, the same conical hayrack, the same trellis overgrown with green grapes, the same collection of gnarled trees heavy with fruit.

Harper started this gorgeous purple clematis on a copper trellis and put in a trio of oakleaf hydrangeas.

Elsewhere, the engine plumes, creeping up the maglines like vines up a trellis, stripped and ionized the oxygen and nitrogen, and flowers bloomed in the somber colors ghosts were said to favor.

He carried her the rest of the way, despite his bad leg, as easily as if she were a child, under a trellis bowed with a profusion of Silver Moon roses, filling the air with their perfume, down the narrow flight of slate steps to his basement.