Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An iris.
- noun Heraldry A device consisting of a stylized three-petaled iris flower, used as the armorial emblem of the kings of France.
- noun A similar design used as a decorative motif.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In heraldry, a bearing as to the origin of which there is much dispute, some authorities maintaining that it represents the lily, others that it represents the head of a lance or some such warlike weapon.
- noun In botany, the iris: commonly called
flower-de-luce .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The iris. See
flower-de-luce . - noun A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun heraldry A
design representing a flower whose threepetals are joined together at the bottom, often used inheraldry , where it is particularly associated with the Frenchmonarchy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- noun (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The new takeout box features those hues and a new, more refined logo, which includes the fleur-de-lis, which is ubiquitous in New Orleans.
NYT > Home Page 2011
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Hundreds of the little fleur-de-lis scales and seeds were scattered by the wind and even now some lie on the window ledge suspended in the threads of long-abandoned spiders' webs.
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Her ivory neck and face rises like a stamen from her red satin dress, perhaps evoking the Florentine fleur-de-lis.
Bronzino's Medici portraits – review James Hall 2010
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Quebec's blue-and-white, fleur-de-lis flag was also out in force in St. Peter's Square in support of Brother Andre, a Canadian who legend says healed thousands of sick who prayed with him at his Montreal oratory.
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They ooh and aah over every aspect of the house—the skylight over the stairs, the fleur-de-lis wallpaper in the back upstairs bathroom, even the finished attic I use as my bedroom—but they always find some flaw, something to complain about.
The Kitchen Daughter Jael McHenry 2011
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A fleur-de-lis done in gold on blue decorated each vault of the ceiling.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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The winning fedora was to be found atop a gent named Michael Woodlee , who kept things understated with three fleur-de-lis pins on a black hat.
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Wearing only a fleur-de-lis T-shirt and panties, Heather sat down on the mattress beside him and held her breath as she gently pulled the sheet back.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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A fleur-de-lis done in gold on blue decorated each vault of the ceiling.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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Wearing only a fleur-de-lis T-shirt and panties, Heather sat down on the mattress beside him and held her breath as she gently pulled the sheet back.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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