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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
baluster
bal·us·ter [baluster balusters] BrE [ˈbæləstə(r)] NAmE [ˈbæləstər] noun
any of the short posts that form a ↑balustrade
Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from French balustre, from Italian balaustro, from balaust(r)a ‘wild pomegranate flower’ (via Latin from Greek balaustion), so named because part of the pillar resembles the curving calyx tube of the flower.
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