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fleur-de-lis

fleur-de-lis


fleur-de-lis or fleur-de-lys    Audio Help   (flûr'də-lē', flŏŏr'-)   

n.   pl. fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys (flûr'də-lēz', flŏŏr'-)

  1. An iris, especially a white-flowered form of Iris germanica.

  2. Heraldry A device consisting of a stylized three-petaled iris flower, used as the armorial emblem of the kings of France.


[Middle English flour de lice, from Old French flor de lis : flor, flower + de, of + lis, lily.]
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