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flower-de-lis

flower-de-lis is the archaic form of fleur-de-lis.

Meaning of fleur-de-lis

Noun

fleur-de-lis (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleur-de-lises or fleur-de-lisses)

  1. A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom (⚜, ⚜️), often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.
    • Adorned all with gemmes of endlesse price, […] And all embost with Lyons and with Flour-delice.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (scouting) The main element in the logo of most Scouting organizations, representing a major theme in Scouting: the outdoors and wilderness.

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Forms of flower-de-lis

pluralflowers-de-lis

Questions about flower-de-lis

What is flower-de-lis the archaic form of?
Flower-de-lis is the archaic form of fleur-de-lis.

Words near flower-de-lis in the dictionary

  1. flower weevils
  2. Flower's Cove
  3. flower-bearing
  4. flower-bed
  5. flower-beds
  6. flower-de-lis
  7. flower-de-luce
  8. flower-fence
  9. flower-fences
  10. flower-flies
  11. flower-fly

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