fleur de sel

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French fleur (“flower”) + de (“from or of”) + sel (“salt”); literally, “salt flower” or “salt blossom.”

Noun

fleur de sel (plural fleurs de sel)

1. Floating salt crystals skimmed from the surface of evaporating ponds.
   • 2002: “Egyptian salt from Alexandria was highly appreciated, especially their fleur de sel, the light crystals skimmed off the surface of the water.” - Mark Kurlansky, Salt: A World History