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canopy

Main Entry: ¹can·o·py

Pronunciation: \ˈka-nə-pē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural can·o·pies

Etymology: Middle English canope, from Medieval Latin canopeum mosquito net, from Latin conopeum, from Greek kōnōpion, from kōnōps mosquito

Date: 14th century

1 a : a cloth covering suspended over a bed b : a cover (as of cloth) fixed or carried above a person of high rank or a sacred object : baldachin c : a protective covering: as (1) : the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest (2) : awning, marquee
2 : an ornamental rooflike structure
3 a : the transparent enclosure over an airplane cockpit b : the fabric part of a parachute that catches the air

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