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ball⋅flow⋅er

[bawl-flou-er]
–noun Architecture.
a medieval English ornament suggesting a flower of three or four petals enclosing and partly concealing a ball.

Origin:
1835–45; ball 1 + flower
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ball·flow·er   (bôl'flou'ər)   
n.   Architecture
An ornament in the form of a ball cupped in the petals of a circular flower.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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