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Fleur-de-lis

//ˌflɝdəˈlis// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village in Blackwood community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1596).
Noun
  1. 1
    A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom (⚜, ⚜️), often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.

    "Adorned all with gemmes of endlesse price, […] And all embost with Lyons and with Flour-delice."

  2. 2
    (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris wordnet
  3. 3
    The main element in the logo of most Scouting organizations, representing a major theme in Scouting: the outdoors and wilderness.
  4. 4
    plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals wordnet

Etymology

From earlier flower-de-luce, from Middle English flourdelis, from Anglo-Norman flour de lis (“lily flower”); later remodelled after modern French fleur de lis (“lily flower”).

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