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millefleur
[ meel-flur, -floor; French meel-flœr ]
/ milˈflɜr, -ˈflʊər; French milˈflœr /
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adjective
having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork.
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Origin of millefleur
1905–10; <French mille fleurs literally, thousand flowers; cf. millefiori
Words nearby millefleur
Millecent, milled, Milledgeville, mille-feuille, millefiori, millefleur, millefleurs, millenarian, millenarianism, millenary, mill end
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