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Fleur-de-lis
Coat of arms of Paris
Iris pseudacorus, the yellow flag, yellow iris, or water flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Its specific epithet pseudacorus means "false acorus", referring to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus (sweet flag), as they have a prominently ...
Atrium. Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center is a hotel and convention center, opened in Kissimmee, Florida, on February 2, 2002. It also acts as the de facto convention center for Osceola County, Florida, until plans for their own dedicated convention center are realized. It has 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m 2) of total meeting space, and a ...
A leopard's face jessant-de-lys, left: shown in the standard form with fleur-de-lys erect, right: shown in the unusual form with the fleur-de-lys reversed. Jessant-de-lys is a heraldic term denoting a fleur-de-lys issuing out of any object. [1] It is most frequently seen in conjunction with a leopard 's face, meaning in heraldic language the ...
Fleur-de-lis in Scouting
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Symbols. The fleur-de-lis, one of Quebec's most common symbols, is an ancient symbol of the French monarchy and was first shown in Quebec on the shores of Gaspésie in 1534 when Jacques Cartier arrived in Quebec for the first time. Saint-Jean-Baptiste, the patron saint of Canadiens, is honoured every 24 June during Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day.