| 单词 | fleur-de-lis |
| 释义 | fleur-de-lis (once / 23040 pages) n WORD FAMILY fleur-de-lis USAGE EXAMPLESAtlanta hosts a peach drop, and New Orleans drops a fleur-de-lis. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) Indeed, perhaps her body will be used as a land claim, a territorial marker, a stake, a fleur-de-lis. The New Yorker(Nov 12, 2016) It was of azure sarsenet, hand-embroidered in gold thread with the numerous small fleur-de-lis of ancient France. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) 1n plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals Syn|Hypo|Hyper flag, iris, sword lily bearded iris any 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 bulb Iris cristata, dwarf irislow-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States Iris foetidissima, gladdon, gladdon iris, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking irisiris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa Iris persica, Persian irisbulbous iris native to Asia Minor cultivated for its pale lilac-colored flowers Iris pseudacorus, yellow flag, yellow iris, yellow water flagcommon yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated Iris verna, dwarf iris, vernal irislow-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers Iris versicolor, blue flaga common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally Iris virginica, southern blue flagsimilar to blue flag; the eastern United States English iris, Iris xiphioidesbulbous iris native to the Pyrenees; widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow Dutch iris, Iris filifoliabulbous Spanish iris with red-violet flowers Florentine iris, Iris florentina, Iris germanica florentina, orrisGerman iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome German iris, Iris germanicaa large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern Europe Iris kaempferi, Japanese irisiris native to Japan having large showy flowers German iris, Iris kochiiiris of northern Italy having deep blue-purple flowers; similar to but smaller than Iris germanica Dalmatian iris, Iris pallidaEuropean iris having soft lilac-blue flowers Dutch iris, Iris tingitanabulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers Iris xiphium, Spanish iris, xiphium irisbulbous iris of western Mediterranean region having usually violet-purple flowers iridaceous plant any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae 2n (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris Syn|Hyper fleur-de-lys armorial bearing, bearing, charge, heraldic bearing heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield |
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