fleur-de-lis

A fleur-de-lis.

Meaning

A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom, often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.

From earlier flower-de-luce, from Middle English flourdelis, from Anglo-Norman flour de lis; later remodelled after modern French fleur de lys.

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