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parterre

par·terre [ paar tér ] (plural par·terres)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. ornamental garden: an ornamental garden laid out in a formal pattern that is usually marked out with low evergreen hedges and filled in with annual bedding plants

2. theater 
Same as  parquet circle


[Early 17th century. < French, "ornamental garden" < par terre "on the ground"]
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