fleur-de-lis
Noun
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Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals (synset 112432427)
is a type of: iridaceous plant - any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceaesubtypes:
- bearded iris - any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals)
- beardless iris - any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls)
- bulbous iris - any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb
- dwarf iris, iris cristata - low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States
- gladdon, gladdon iris, iris foetidissima, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking iris - iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa
- iris persica, persian iris - bulbous iris native to Asia Minor cultivated for its pale lilac-colored flowers
- iris pseudacorus, yellow flag, yellow iris, yellow water flag - common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated
- dwarf iris, iris verna, vernal iris - low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers
- blue flag, iris versicolor - a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally
- iris virginica, southern blue flag - similar to blue flag; the eastern United States
- english iris, iris xiphioides - bulbous iris native to the Pyrenees; widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow
belongs to: genus iris - large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes -
(heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris (synset 103367736)
referred to in: heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogiesis a type of: armorial bearing, bearing, charge, heraldic bearing - heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shieldsame as: fleur-de-lys
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