Fleur de sel
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Etymology


+ + ; literally, “salt flower” or “salt blossom.”

Noun



  1. Floating salt crystals skimmed from the surface of evaporating ponds.

Quotations

  • 2002: “Egyptian salt from Alexandria was highly appreciated, especially their fleur de sel, the light crystals skimmed off the surface of the water.” - Mark Kurlansky, Salt: A World History
 
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