a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather the umbrella-like part of a parachute that fills with air the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit cover with a canopy
A canopy is a layer of something that spreads out and covers an area, for example the branches and leaves that spread out at the top of trees in a forest. The trees formed such a dense canopy that all beneath was a deep carpet of pine-needles
A layer of continuous foliage in a forest stand This most often refers to the upmost layer of foliage, but it can be used to describe lower layers in a multistoried stand Leaves, branches and/or water that provide shade and cover for fish and wildlife
A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc
More or less continuous cover of branches and foliage formed collectively by adjacent tree crowns
The more or less continuous cover of branches and foliage formed collectively by the crown of a tree and the crowns of adjacent trees and other woody growth Canopy closure may be the amount of overhead tree cover as measured using a spherical densiometer held at 1 5 m from the ground
Layer of vegetation elevated above the ground, usually of tree braches and epiphytes In tropical forests, the canopy may be more than 100 feet above the ground
{i} covering; shelter; transparent cover over the cockpit of a plane; part of a parachute which opens up and fills with air; roof
The part of any stand of trees represented by the tree crowns It usually refers to the uppermost layer of foliage, but it can be used to describe lower layers in a multi-storied forest