Definition of "parterres" [parterres]

• Plural form of parterre. (noun)

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• "All this seemed starkly geometric against the granite slopes of the Anti-Atlas Mountains, but roses growing in parterres in front of the tomb softened the impression."
• "The land around the parterres was the green of a painstakingly cultivated lawn."
• "These characteristics are just as evident in a potager (kitchen garden) as they are the parterres (low, ornamental gardens with paths between the beds) of a chateau—all are executed with equally deft skill."