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fleuron

[flur-on, floor-]

noun

a floral motif, as one used as a terminal point or in a decorative series on an object.

Printing. flower (def. 6).

Origin:
1350–1400; < French; Old French floron, equivalent to flor flower + -on noun suffix; replacing Middle English flouroun < Old French

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fleuron (ˈflʊərɒn, -rən, ˈflɜː-)

—n
1.	another name for flower
2.	cookery a decorative piece of pastry

[C14: from French, from Old French floron, from florflower]

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