Definition: pergola

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

pergola
     n : a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor
         provided a shady resting place in the park" [syn: arbor,
          arbour, bower]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Pergola \Per"go*la\, n. [It., fr. L. pergula shed, shop, vine
   arbor.]
   Lit., an arbor or bower; specif.: (Italian art) An arbor or
   trellis treated architecturally, as with stone columns or
   similar massive structure.