Webster's English Dictionary

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canopy

1. can.o.py \'kan-*-pe-\ n [ME canope, fr. ML canopeum mosquito net, fr. L 
   conopeum, fr.] Gk ko-no-pion, fr. ko-no-ps mosquito 1a: a cloth covering 
   suspended over a bed  1b: a cover (as of cloth) suspended above an exalted 
   personage or sacred ob ject : BALDACHIN 1c: the uppermost spreading branchy 
   layer of a forest  1d: AWNING, MARQUEE  2: an ornamental rooflike structure 
    3a: the transparent enclosure over an airplane cockpit  3b: the lifting or 
   supporting surface of a parachute 
2. canopy vt : to cover with or as if with a canopy