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fleur-de-lis
noun
or fleur-de-lys \|flərdəl|ē, |flə̄d-, |fləid- also |flu̇rd- or -u̇əd- sometimes -|ēs\; also fleur-de-luce \-|üs\
(plural fleurs-de-lis or fleur-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys or fleur-de-lys \-ərdəl|ē(z), -ə̄d-, -əid- also -u̇rd- or -u̇əd- sometimes -|ēs\ ; also fleurs-de-luce \-|üs\ ; or fleur-de-luc·es \-|üsə̇z\)
Etymology: alteration (influenced by French fleur de lis) of Middle English flourdelis, from Middle French flor de lis, flour de lis, literally, lily flower
1. : iris II 2; especially : the iris chosen for the royal emblem of France by Charles V which prob. belonged to a white-flowered variety (Iris germanica florentina) of the German iris
2. : a device common in artistic design and heraldry that is commonly supposed to be a conventionalized representation of an iris and that typically consists of oppositely posed C-scrolls on each side of an elongate lyrate figure, the three being closely juxtaposed or linked across the narrowest part of the scrolls by a horizontal ligature
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