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⚜️ Decorated with flowers ⚜️ A flower motif
flory

flory

9.9
Having flower-shaped decorations, often on shields and coats of arms
  • adjective
  • Specialized
translation icon : floreado
  • In the coat of arms, the border was described as flory to indicate its floral decoration.

Examples

  • The artist included a flory pattern to give the emblem a traditional heraldic look.

  • The flory pattern on the fabric is stunning.

  • The knight's shield was adorned with a cross flory at each end.

  • She wore a flory crown for the festival.

  • The coat of arms featured a border that was beautifully flory, with delicate designs of flowers enhancing its elegance.

  • She decorated the invitation with a flory motif, making it look charming and inviting for the guests.

  • The historic castle had numerous flory accents on the tapestries, showcasing its rich heraldic traditions.

Synonyms

flowered
vsflory
1 2.0

Having a pattern of flowers, for example on a dress or card

is more stylized and heraldic than general floral patterns
floriated
vsflory
8.2

Decorated with flower shapes and patterns

is specific to heraldic stylized flower endings like fleurs-de-lis
floriferous
vsflory
8.9

An item covered in flower patterns

is about heraldic stylized endings rather than quantity of flowers

Surface Forms

flory positive

Morphology

flory = flower (semi-transparent) = flor + y

Formally built from a floral combining form + '-y' so the relation to 'flower' is visible, but the spelling ('flor-') and specialised heraldic meaning make it not fully predictable for an average learner.

Etymology

The word flory comes from the Latin root flos meaning 'flower' and passed into English through old French. So, in coats of arms something called flory is 'decorated with flowers' or has ends shaped like a flower.