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TERMINE PREFERITO
Fleur-de-lis  
DEFINIZIONE
  • 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.
CONCETTO PIÙ GENERALE
ALTERNATIVE LABEL
  • 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]
IN ALTRE LINGUE
Fleur de lis

francese

Giglio (fiore)

italiano

Flor de Lys

spagnolo

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/824
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