millefleur

millefleur
/meel flerr", -floor"/; Fr. /meel fluerdd"/, adj.
having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork.
[1905-10; < F mille fleurs lit., thousand flowers; cf. MILLEFIORI]

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