parterre
(noun) an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern
Source: WordNet® 3.1
parterre (plural parterres)
(horticulture) A flowerbed, particularly an elevated one.
(horticulture) A garden with paths between such flowerbeds.
(theater) A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra.
The part of the ground-floor section nearest the orchestra and the stage; the stalls.
(Britain) The part of the ground-floor section behind the stalls and underneath the galleries; the pit.
(theater, by extension) That part of a theater audience seated in the parterre, sometimes regarded as belonging to a lower social class.
(US, New York) An apartment balcony.
Source: Wiktionary
Par*terre", n. Etym: [F., fr. par on, by (L. per)+terre earth, ground, L. terra. See Terrace.]
1. (Hort.)
Definition: An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.
2. The pit of a theater; the parquet. [France]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
