parterre

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An ornamental flower garden having the beds and paths arranged to form a pattern.

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In horticulture, a system of beds of different shapes and sizes in which flowers are cultivated, arranged in some design or plan, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf.

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The part of the floor of a theater beneath the galleries: in some modern English theaters called the pit—a sense to be distinguished from the original meaning of pit.

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An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.

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The pit of a theater; the parquet.

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A flowerbed, particularly an elevated one (Wikipedia).

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A garden with paths between such flowerbeds.

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A theater balcony, especially in an opera house; above the box seats, but definitely below family circle (Wikipedia).

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An apartment balcony.