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jardiniere

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jardiniere \Jar`di`ni[`e]re"\, n. [F., fem. of jardinier gardener. See Garden .] An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room. (Cookery) A preparation of mixed vegetables stewed in a sauce ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An ornamental pot for the display of live flowers; a planter 2 A vegetable soup or sauce 3 diced, cooked vegetables served as a garnish

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ornamental flower stand, 1841, from French jardinière "flower pot; female gardener, gardener's wife," noun use of fem. of adjective jardinier "of the garden," from jardin (see garden (n.)).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Jardinière is a French word, from the feminine form of " gardener ". Jardinière has three meanings: A flower box , a receptacle (usually a ceramic pot or urn) or more rarely a stand upon which, or into which, plants may be placed. (The French themselves ...

Usage examples of jardiniere.

The room was awash with roses, pink and red, yellow and white, massed in a great bowl in the centre of the table, arranged in huge bouquets in vases wherever there was a place to set them, and the jardiniere under the window overflowed with them.

Kangourou, clad in a suit of gray tweed, which might have come from La Belle Jardiniere or the Pont Neuf, with a pot-hat and white thread gloves.

The spacious reception hall had a limestone floor, honey-tone wood paneling, a pair of rosewood Chinese chairs with emerald-green cushions, and a central table holding a large red-bronze jardiniere filled with dozens of fresh yellow, red, and orange tulips.

Chinese chairs with emerald-green cushions, and a central table holding a large red-bronze jardiniere filled with dozens of fresh yellow, red, and orange tulips.

Edge ventured the comment, with a gesture at the jardiniere, that he had never before seen roses and lilacs in bloom in midwinter.

The cat also showed interest in a large ceramic jardiniere containing papers and small note- books and a packet of dusty envelopes tied with faded ribbon.

She had come home that day to find Dolores lying at the foot of the stairs, her head crushed against the brass jardiniere that had belonged to the Montoro family for generations.

Susan lifted the heavy object from the trunk and unwrapped it, to reveal a huge brass jardiniere tarnished with age, but still a handsome piece.

She suddenly had an image of an antique jardiniere with flowers and cupids painted in reserves on its sides and embellished with gold against a distinctively pink background.

Rome 41 Raphael, La Belle Jardiniere, Louvre 42 Giulio Romano, Apollo and Muses, Pitti 43 Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Louvre 44 Luini, Daughter of Herodias, Uffizi 45 Sodoma, Ecstasy of St.

There was a good Brussels carpet on the floor, rich in dull red and lemon shades, and representing large jardinieres filled with gorgeous, impossible flowers.

They all hurried to the greenroom and took seats behind the table, backed by big jardinieres full of flowers and potted palms, and soon the room was filled with people congratulating them.

Vance bent over it closely and touched the dirt in the jardinière with his finger.

During the entire evening he sat on the davenport in the library, and surreptitiously poured his liquor into the jardinière holding the rubber-plant.

When I learned that he had spent the entire evening on the davenport in the library, I naturally became interested in the jardinière holding the rubber-plant at the head of the davenport.