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floral emblem

American  

noun

  1. a flower or plant serving as the emblem of a city, state, nation, etc.


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The golden wattle, Australia's national floral emblem, is also represented.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2026

Crimson blooms of English rugby's traditional floral emblem will this weekend begin to be strewn on or around the imposing new statue in Ipswich's Cromwell Square.

From The Guardian Mar. 24, 2010

After nearly a century of often prickly debate, the House of Representatives voted last week to dub it the "national floral emblem."

From Time Magazine Archive

Side by side at the cheap photographer's with the naked baby and with the bride and groom—is the "floral emblem."

From Walking-Stick Papers by Holliday, Robert Cortes

The floral emblem of death hung at one side of the wide entrance, and as I approached, the door silently swung open.

From Vicky Van by Wells, Carolyn

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