fior fiore

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, “flower flower”.

Noun

(idiomatic) the best, the crème de la crème
L'America ingaggiò il fior fiore dei fisici di quei tempi.
The United States took on the best physicists of those times.

Anagrams

fiorifero

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