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2. Noun. Vegetables served as a garnish over meat. ¹

3. Noun. An ornamental pot for the display of live flowers; a planter ¹

4. Noun. A vegetable soup or sauce ¹

5. Noun. Diced, cooked vegetables served as a garnish ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jardiniere

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Jardiniere

1. An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc, used as a piece of decorative furniture in room. Origin: F, fem. Of jardinier gardener. See Garden. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jardiniere

Literary usage of Jardiniere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical by Michael Bryan (1886)
"La belle jardiniere ; after Raphael. The Entombment of Christ ; after Caravaggio. Melpomene, Erato, and Polyhymnia ; after Le Sueur. ..."

2. The Lady: Studies of Certain Significant Phases of Her History by Emily James Putnam (1910)
"... serve as types of the new and the old; but sometimes, as in the painting known as "La Belle jardiniere," the Madonna herself comes very close to stays. ..."

3. The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States: An Historical Review of by Edwin Atlee Barber (1893)
"WHITE GRANITE jardiniere. Orr & BREWER COMPANY. Illustration 91 represents a large vase of the " Bourne " pattern, decorated in raised gold and colors. ..."

4. The Dinner Year-book by Marion Harland (1878)
"Stewed Mutton a la jardiniere. Potato Puff. Pork and Beans. Grape Jelly. Minced Pudding. ... MUTTON A LA jardiniere. ..."

5. The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery by Alexis Soyer (1847)
"Roast Leg of Lamb a la jardiniere. Plain roast the lamb, have ready a sauce jardiniere (No. 100) pour it on the dish, and dress the leg upon it. ..."

6. The Expansion of Europe: A History of the Foundations of the Modern World by Wilbur Cortez Abbott (1918)
"... LA BELLE jardiniere. From the painting by Raphael. A typical example of the new school of art; notable not only for its beauty, but for the accurate ..."

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