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Jardiniere

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Jar`di`niere´
n.1.An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room.
2.(Cookery) A preparation of mixed vegetables stewed in a sauce with savory herbs, etc.; also, a soup made in this way.
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But the curious thing was that he had never learnt to speak French passably, and he kept in his shabby clothes bought at La Belle Jardiniere an ineradicably English appearance.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
A gilt bamboo jardiniere, in which the primulas and cinerarias were punctually renewed, blocked the access to the bay window (where the old- fashioned would have preferred a bronze reduction of the Venus of Milo); the sofas and arm-chairs of pale brocade were cleverly grouped about little plush tables densely covered with silver toys, porcelain animals and efflorescent photograph frames; and tall rosy-shaded lamps shot up like tropical flowers among the palms.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
 
 
 
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