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pergola

/ˈpɜɹɡələ/

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What does pergola mean?

noun

  1. A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.
  2. Such a framework employed to provide shade, especially over a patio.

proper noun

  1. A surname from Italian.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpɜɹɡələ/

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The sunk-garden was surrounded on three sides by a pergola, heavily draped with yellow alamandas, drifts of wine-coloured bougainvillaa, and pale-blue solanums, the size of saucers.
Frederic, Lord HamiltonHere, There and EverywhereProject Gutenberg ebook #6368
The white-flowered Jasmine of our gardens is a very beautiful and desirable clambering shrub, either for wall covering, for planting by tree stumps, rooteries, or rockeries, or for screening and draping the pergola or garden latticework.
Angus D. WebsterHardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and ShrubsProject Gutenberg ebook #10852