Millefiori
[mil-uh-fee-awr-ee, -ohr-ee] /ˌmɪl ə fiˈɔr i, -ˈoʊr i/
noun
1.
decorative glass made by fusing multicolored glass canes together, cutting them crosswise, joining them into new groups, embedding the groups in transparent glass, and blowing the resultant mass into a desired shape.
/ˌmɪlɪˈfjɔːrɪ/
noun
1.
noun
a type of mosaic glass made with various-colored and -sized cross-sections of fused glass rods, esp. used in paperweights
Word Origin
Italian mille fiori ‘thousand flowers’
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