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trellis

[trel-is] / ˈtrɛl ɪs /


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"It acts like a scaffold for nerves to grow along like a rose on a trellis," Dr Alex Woods explains, holding threads of silk worthy of Spider-man.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

The couple are also planning to put a pool and “inset spa” in the backyard, while also building a pool deck and a boardwalk, as well as a trellis.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 17, 2025

“It’s what you would buy if you were going to grow a couple of tomatoes and maybe a miniature eggplant on a trellis on your patio.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024

Narrow side yards accommodate columnar evergreens, espaliered trees and climbing vines trained on a trellis.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2023

A small garden on the side of the house seems to be growing only a trellis of neglected beans.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Here, the grapes that tangled themselves around corner-bar trellises all summer fall frozen to the sidewalk, shattering softly underfoot.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

Another complication is that to accommodate robotic pickers, many farmers would need to plant new orchards with apples growing on trellises rather than in rows of traditional lollipop-shaped trees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

We come to a row house with a garden filled with leafy plants growing up trellises and flowerpots on each of the steps.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025

But over time, the Kirkpatricks learned to tend to the trees, whose branches must be secured to trellises, lest the heavy fruit pull them to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

Roses hang from curving trellises above them, the night sky visible through the spaces between the blossoms.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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