Flower-de-luce
1Flower-de-luce — Flow er de luce , n. [Corrupted fr. fleur de lis.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs ({Iris}) with swordlike leaves and large three petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem …
2flower-de-luce — | ̷ ̷də|lüs noun (plural flowers de luce) Etymology: Middle English flour de luce, from Anglo French, alteration of Middle French flor de lis, flour de lis, literally, lily flower : iris II 2 compare fleur de lis …
3flower-de-luce — /flow euhr deuh loohs /, n. the iris flower or plant. [1630 40; Anglicization of F fleur de lis] * * * …
4flower de luce — n. (Botany) iris flower or iris plant; plant that was first chosen for the royal French symbol …
5flower-de-luce — n. Fleur de lis, flower de lis, yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus), iris …
6flower-de-luce — /flaʊə də ˈlus/ (say flowuh duh loohs) noun Obsolete Poetic 1. → fleur de lis. 2. the lily. {old variant of fleur de lis influenced by flower} …
7Flower de Luce Alley, Court — West out of Grub Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677 Boyle, 1799). In Strype, Flower de lis Court. The site is now occupied by the Metropolitan Railway lines …
8Flower de Luce Court — 1) East out of Foster Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (O. and M. 1677), north of Carey Street. The site is now occupied by Goldsmith s Hall. 2) North out of Ludgate Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677 Boyle, 1799). Flower de… …
9Flower de Luce, Crutched Friars — See Flower de Lis Court …
10Flower de Luce — A messuage and brewhouse so called in Golding Layne in parish of St. Giles without Creplegate, 33 Eliz. 1591 (Lond. I. p.m. III. 158). No further mention …
