Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A large decorative stand or pot for plants or flowers.
  • noun Diced, cooked vegetables served as a garnish with meat.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A mixture of vegetables stewed in their own sauce; also, various vegetables used together as a garnish.
  • noun A piece of furniture or a vessel for the display of flowers, whether growing or cut.
  • noun A kind of lappet, forming part of the headdress of women at the beginning of the eighteenth century.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room.
  • noun (Cookery) A preparation of mixed vegetables stewed in a sauce with savory herbs, etc.; also, a soup made in this way.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An ornamental pot for the display of live flowers; a planter
  • noun A vegetable soup or sauce
  • noun Diced, cooked vegetables served as a garnish

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from feminine of jardinier, gardener, from Old French, from jardin, garden; see garden.]

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From French jardinière ("gardener"), the feminine counterpart to jardinier.

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