| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mille·fleur |
| PRONUNCIATION: | m l-flûr , -fl r |
| 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 m lia, pl. of m lle, thousand; see gheslo- in Appendix I) + fleurs, pl. of fleur, flower; see enfleurage.
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