Millefiore
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mil·le·fi·o·ri 
[mil-uh-fee-awr-ee, -ohr-ee] Pronunciation Key
[mil-uh-fee-awr-ee, -ohr-ee] Pronunciation Key –noun
| decorative glass made by fusing multicolored glass canes together, cutting them crosswise, joining them into new groups, embedding the groups in transparent glass, and blowing the resultant mass into a desired shape. |
Also, mil·le·fi·o·re.
[Origin: 1840–50; < It, equiv. to mille thousand (< L) + fiori, pl. of fiore < L flōri- (s. of flōs) flower]
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