fleurs-de-lis in English

noun
1
a stylized lily composed of three petals bound together near their bases. It is especially known from the former royal arms of France, in which it appears in gold on a blue field.
The arms were blue, and scattered with the famous gold fleur-de-lys of France.
2
a European iris.
The provincial motto is Je me souviens (I remember), and the flower is the fleur-de-lis .
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1. In 1534, Jacques Cartier planted a cross in Gaspé bearing the French royal coat of arms with the fleurs-de-lis.

2. Where the wooden floors were not exposed they were covered in that brown linoleum with a pattern of black fleurs-de-lis.

3. 127 [ previous page ] Blazon Arms Or semé of alchemic symbols for iron Sable, a fess wavy Azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis Argent, on a chief Azure a DHC-2 aircraft affronté Argent; Crest A beaver sejant Azure winged and gorged with a circlet set on the upper rim with mullets Argent, the dexter paw holding a sprig of two maple leaves, the sinister paw resting on a rod of Aesculapius Or; Motto GOD'S HEAVENS TO ROAM;