à la Jardinière

adjective

cooking

: prepared with an assortment of vegetables

lamb à la Jardinière

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French à la jardinière, literally, "in the manner of a gardener (female) or a gardener's wife,"

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined above

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