flower-de-luce

noun

plural flowers-de-luce

: iris entry 2 sense 2 compare fleur-de-lis

Word History

Etymology

Middle English flour de luce, from Anglo-French, alteration of Middle French flor de lis, flour de lis, literally, lily flower

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