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Webster 1828 Edition


Flower-de-lis

FLOW'ER-DE-LIS

, n.
1.
In heraldry, a bearing representing a lily, the hieroglyphic of royal majesty.
2.
In botany, the Iris, a genus of monogynian trianders, called also flag-flower, and often written incorrectly flower-de-luce. The species are numerous.