fleur-de-lis or fleur-de-lys (flûr d -l  , fl r-)n. pl. fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys (flûr d-lz, flr-) 1. An iris, especially a white-flowered form of Iris germanica. 2. Heraldry A device consisting of a stylized three-petaled iris flower, used as the armorial emblem of the kings of France. [Middle English flour de lice, from Old French flor de lis : flor, flower + de, of + lis, lily.] |   |
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| Noun | 1. |  fleur-de-lis - plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepalsiridaceous plant - any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae genus Iris - large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes bearded iris - any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals) beardless iris - any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls) bulbous iris - any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb Iris cristata, dwarf iris - low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States gladdon, gladdon iris, Iris foetidissima, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking iris - iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa Iris persica, Persian iris - bulbous iris native to Asia Minor cultivated for its pale lilac-colored flowers Iris pseudacorus, yellow flag, yellow iris, yellow water flag - common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated dwarf iris, Iris verna, vernal iris - low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers blue flag, Iris versicolor - a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally Iris virginica, southern blue flag - similar to blue flag; the eastern United States English iris, Iris xiphioides - bulbous iris native to the Pyrenees; widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow |
| 2. |  fleur-de-lis - (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an irisarmorial bearing, heraldic bearing, bearing, charge - heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies |
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