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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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pergolaper‧go‧la /ˈpɜːɡələ $ ˈpɜːr-/ noun [countable] DLGHBPa structure made of posts built for plants to grow over in a garden
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pergola• The patio gets a southern exposure, and a pergola shades about 75 percent of the midday sun.• Imagine the effect of a pergola, ablaze with laburnum.• A good plant for shade, it makes an attractive edging to the border under our pergola.• Wisteria branches, for example, eventually grow to tree-size width and are meant for the sturdiest pergolas and arbors.• They find it difficult to build a home for their babies in a Dimmock water feature or a teak pergola.• They finished their drinks and as they got up from the table Fernando plucked a sprig of jasmine from the pergola.• Their pool was oval-shaped and illuminated at night by carriage-lamps, fixed to the posts of the pergola which surrounded it.• To provide vertical emphasis and break the line of those surrounding walls, pergolas and a rose covered arbour have been introduced.
Origin pergola (1600-1700) Italian Latin pergula
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