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flower-de-luce

[ flou-er-duh-loos ]

noun

  1. the iris flower or plant.


flower-de-luce

/ ˈflaʊədəˈluːs /

noun

  1. an archaic name for iris lily
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of flower-de-luce1

1630–40; Anglicization of French fleur de lis
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flower-de-luce1

C16: anglicized variant of French fleur de lis
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Example Sentences

These are certainly strong authorities for saying that the Flower-de-luce is the Lily.

When the Iberian quaked, her worthies named; And the fair flower-de-luce grew pale, set by The red rose and the white?

I well remember her "gilding refined gold" by making a gorgeous blue rose out of the petals of a flower-de-luce.

Jim's eyes traveled past her to the garden in the rear of the house, where yellow flower-de-luce was beginning to blow.

Strawberry-leaves and the Flower-de-luce are used in the coronets of the younger members of the royal family.

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