PREFERRED TERM
Fleur-de-lis
DEFINITION
- n. With previous forms as "flower-de-luce" "delyce flowre" among others, we could find the actual form from the 19th century in English from the French "fleur de lis". It is the representation of the flower of a plant of the genus Iris or the the plant itself. It is present in diverse emblems, badges, flags and symbols.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
- flower-de-luce
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Fleur de lis
French
Giglio (fiore)
Italian
Flor de Lys
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/824
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