adj. Having a background with a pattern of flowers and plants. [From French (de) mille fleurs, (de) mille-fleurs, (of) a thousand flowers : mille, thousand (from Old French milie, thousands, from Latin mīlia, pl. of mīlle, thousand; see gheslo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + fleurs, pl. of fleur, flower; see ENFLEURAGE.] |
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