decorative glassware in which coloured glass rods are fused and cut to create flower patterns: an ancient technique revived in Venice in the sixteenth century and in France and England in the nineteenth century
b.
(as modifier)
a millefiori paperweight
Word origin
C19: from Italian: thousand flowers
millefiori in American English
(ˌmɪləfiˈɔri) or ˌmillefiˈore (ˌmɪləfiˈɔri)
noun
a type of ornamental glasswork created by fusing glass rods of various colors and diameters, typically in such a way as to form a floral pattern when the bundle is cut and displayed in cross section