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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; < Italian, equivalent to mille thousand (< Latin ) + fiori, plural of fiore < Latin flōri- (stem of flōs) flower
1840–50; < Italian, equivalent to mille thousand (< Latin ) + fiori, plural of fiore < Latin flōri- (stem of flōs) flower
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Millefiori
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| Main Entry: | millefiori |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a type of mosaic glass made with various-colored and -sized cross-sections of fused glass rods, esp. used in paperweights |
| Etymology: | Italian mille fiori 'thousand flowers' |
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