Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a background with a pattern of flowers and plants.
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- noun A
background of many smallflowers andplants , popular intapestry of theMiddle Ages inEurope .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The ensemble is accessorized with my usual Fossil watch (gift), as well as red and white striped knee socks (Target) and a lovely red and black millefleur necklace, made for Valentine's Day last year by LilySea Designs (see all the pretties she made?)
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The ensemble is accessorized with my usual Fossil watch (gift), as well as red and white striped knee socks (Target) and a lovely red and black millefleur necklace, made for Valentine's Day last year by LilySea Designs (see all the pretties she made?)
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'How wearisome now appears that thorough-bred millefleur beauty, the distilled result of ages of European culture!
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli Ossoli, Margaret F 1851
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The experiment here hinted at, may be varied with any flowers that there are to spare; indeed, by having the macerating bath larger than was mentioned above, an excellent _millefleur_ pomade and essence might be produced from every conservatory in the kingdom, and thus we may receive another enjoyment from the cultivation of flowers beyond their beauty of form and color.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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There are trees of millefleur roses; heliotrope and honeysuckle cover every pillar, and yellow jasmine trails over everything ....
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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There are trees of millefleur roses; heliotrope and honeysuckle cover every pillar, and yellow jasmine trails over everything ....
Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843
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'How wearisome now appears that thorough-bred _millefleur_ beauty, the distilled result of ages of European culture!
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I Margaret Fuller 1830
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When we went inside, only one thing caught our eye, the caramel millefleur (probably spelled wrong … my bad).
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