flow|er-de-luce

flow|er-de-luce
flow|er-de-luce «FLOW uhr duh LOOS», noun.
1. = iris. (Cf.iris)
2. Archaic. the heraldic fleur-de-lis.
[spelling for variant pronunciation of fleur-de-lis]

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