The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PARTERRES
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What does PARTERRES mean?
PARTERRES noun- A flowerbed, particularly an elevated one.
- A garden with paths between such flowerbeds.
- A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra.
- (by extension) That part of a theater audience seated in the parterre, sometimes regarded as belonging to a lower social class.
- An apartment balcony.