rinceaux

rin·ceau

[French ran-soh]
noun, plural rin·ceaux [French -soh] .
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.

Origin:
1770–80; < French; Middle French rainsel < Vulgar Latin *rāmuscellus, derivative of Late Latin rāmusculus, diminutive of rāmus branch (see ramus)

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