fleuron
Americannoun
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a floral motif, as one used as a terminal point or in a decorative series on an object.
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Printing. flower.
noun
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another name for flower
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cookery a decorative piece of pastry
Etymology
Origin of fleuron
1350–1400; < French; Old French floron, equivalent to flor flower + -on noun suffix; replacing Middle English flouroun < Old French
Example Sentences
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I suppose you do everything that is Royal except touching for the Evil, which would be the most useful fleuron of the Crown if it was effectual.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.
Flowrons: florets; little flowers on the disk of the main flower; French "fleuron."
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
A rectangular border closely filled with arabesques runs parallel to the edges of the boards, and there is a fleuron at each of the inner corners.
From English Embroidered Bookbindings by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
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