Millefiori Glass Definition

mĭlə-fē-ôrē

noun

Decorative glass having a multicolored floral or mosaiclike pattern, made using glass rods that are fused together from smaller, variously colored and shaped rods and cut in cross section.

American Heritage

Origin of Millefiori Glass

Italian millefiori mille thousand (from Old Italian) (from Latin mīlle gheslo- in Indo-European roots) fiori pl. of fiore flower (from Old Italian) (from Latin flōs, flōr- bhel-³ in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition