fleur-de-lis
A fleur-de-lis is a symbol that's commonly used as a decoration on flags, coats of arms, and even on buildings. The fleur-de-lis is based on the shape of a lily.
In French, fleur-de-lis means "lily flower" or "flower of the iris." It's been used for centuries to represent a vast variety of things, including royalty, French cultural heritage, Christianity, light, defense, and female virtue. Its closest association is probably the French monarchy and its coats of arms — the fleur-de-lis has gone on to appear on flags, in college and sports team logos, and in many religious works of art.
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plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepalssynonyms: flag, iris, sword lilytypes:bearded irisany of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals)beardless irisany of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls)bulbous irisany of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulbIris foetidissima, gladdon, gladdon iris, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking irisiris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North AfricaIris persica, Persian irisbulbous iris native to Asia Minor cultivated for its pale lilac-colored flowersIris pseudacorus, yellow flag, yellow iris, yellow water flagcommon yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivatedIris verna, dwarf iris, vernal irislow-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowersIris versicolor, blue flaga common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinallyEnglish iris, Iris xiphioidesbulbous iris native to the Pyrenees; widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellowFlorentine iris, Iris florentina, Iris germanica florentina, orrisGerman iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizomeGerman iris, Iris germanicaa large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern EuropeGerman iris, Iris kochiiiris of northern Italy having deep blue-purple flowers; similar to but smaller than Iris germanicaIris xiphium, Spanish iris, xiphium irisbulbous iris of western Mediterranean region having usually violet-purple flowerstype of:iridaceous plantany bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae
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(heraldry) a conventionalized representation of an irissynonyms: fleur-de-lystype of:armorial bearing, bearing, charge, heraldic bearingheraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
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At home, Clara, a middle-schooler in O'ahu, Hawai'i, is torn between moving to Arizona with her Dad and leaving her beloved grandmother and homeland. Then she receives the “gift” of hearing what boys are thinking, which adds further stress to her life by complicating her already tenuous middle school friendships.
When twelve-year-old Purslane DiSanti visits her grandmother in Florida for the summer, she sends out invitations for a secret Scout troop, who decide that their first mission is raising awareness about how the desire for feathered hats harms birds.