flower-de-luce
the iris flower or plant.
Origin of flower-de-luce
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How to use flower-de-luce in a sentence
These are certainly strong authorities for saying that the flower-de-luce is the Lily.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeWhen the Iberian quaked, her worthies named; And the fair flower-de-luce grew pale, set by The red rose and the white?
The Plays of Philip Massinger | Philip MassingerI well remember her "gilding refined gold" by making a gorgeous blue rose out of the petals of a flower-de-luce.
Child Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse EarleJim's eyes traveled past her to the garden in the rear of the house, where yellow flower-de-luce was beginning to blow.
Country Neighbors | Alice BrownStrawberry-leaves and the flower-de-luce are used in the coronets of the younger members of the royal family.
Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics | Richard Folkard
British Dictionary definitions for flower-de-luce
/ (ˈflaʊədəˈluːs) /
Origin of flower-de-luce
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