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

Word History and Origins

Origin of flower-de-luce¹

1630–40; Anglicization of French fleur de lis

Word History and Origins

Origin of flower-de-luce¹

C16: anglicized variant of French fleur de lis

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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