floroon

English

Etymology

From French fleuron. See flower.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fləˈɹuːn/

Noun

floroon (plural floroons)

1. A border worked with flowers.
   • 1898, Amanda McKittrick Ros, Delina Delaney:

     The mountains of glass that harboured within their elevated cavities such floroons, encompassing innumerable dazzling circlets of all sizes and shades […]

References

“floroon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.