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Fleur-de-lis   Listen
noun
Fleur-de-lis  n.  (pl. fleurs-de-lis)  
1.
(Bot.) The iris. See Flower-de-luce.
2.
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.






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"Fleur-de-lis" Quotes from Famous Books



... Evergreen Thorn, Solace Fern, Flowering, Magic Fern, Sincerity Fever Root, Delay Fig, Argument Fig Marigold, Idleness Fig Tree, Prolific Filbert, Reconciliation Fir, Time Fir, Birch, Elevation Flax, I Feel Your Kindness Fleur-de-lis, I burn Fleur-de-Luce, Fire Fly Orchis, Error Flytrap, Deceit Fools Parsley, Silliness Forget-me-not, Forget-me-not Foxglove, Insincerity Foxtail, Grass, Sporting Frog Ophrys, Disgust Fumitory, Spleen Fuchsia, Scarlet, Taste Furze, ...
— Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 • Edward William Cole

... down! [He draws his sword and touches her with it. And rise! A noble! I, thy monarch, from the dust Of thy mean birth exalt thee. In the grave Thy fathers I ennoble—thou shalt bear Upon thy shield the fleur-de-lis, and be Of equal lineage with the best in France. Only the royal blood of Valois shall Be nobler than thine own! The highest peer Shall feel himself exalted by thy hand; To wed thee nobly, ...
— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller

... came a sunburnt, hardy man, wearing the white mantle and black fleur-de-lis-pointed cross of the Teutonic Order. A thrill passed through Ebbo's veins as he beheld the man who to him represented the murderer of his brother and both his grandfathers, the cruel oppressor of his father, and the perpetrator of many a more remote, but equally unforgotten, injury. And in like ...
— The Dove in the Eagle's Nest • Charlotte M. Yonge



Words linked to "Fleur-de-lis" :   genus Iris, Iris persica, yellow iris, Iris virginica, iris, heraldic bearing, gladdon, Iris cristata, armorial bearing, roast beef plant, heraldry, Iris versicolor, blue flag, vernal iris, charge, Persian iris, bulbous iris, English iris, dwarf iris, gladdon iris, iridaceous plant, yellow flag, beardless iris



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