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millefleur
 
SYLLABICATION:mille·fleur
PRONUNCIATION:  ml-flûr, -flr
ADJECTIVE: Having a background with a pattern of flowers and plants.
ETYMOLOGY:From French (de) mille fleurs, (de) mille-fleurs, (of) a thousand flowers : mille, thousand (from Old French milie, thousands, from Latin mlia, pl. of mlle, thousand; see gheslo- in Appendix I) + fleurs, pl. of fleur, flower; see enfleurage.
 
 
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