flory
- noun
- Specialized
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florón
- The tapestry featured a repeating flory pattern along its border.
Examples
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Artists often use a flory to add elegance to coats of arms.
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Many medieval shields displayed flories as part of their decorations.
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The ancient shield was decorated with a golden flory at its center.
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The coat of arms features a beautiful flory design.
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The ancient shield was decorated with a golden flory at its center.
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Artists often use a flory to add elegance to coats of arms.
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Many medieval shields displayed flories as part of their decorations.
Synonyms
A simple flower-shaped design like an iris used as a decoration on shields or flags
How Floral
Surface Forms
Morphology
flory = flower (semi-transparent) = flor + y
The noun is the nominal use of the same floral root + '-y'; its meaning as a stylized heraldic flower is related but specialised, so learners may not derive it directly.
Etymology
The word flory names a flower-shaped ornament and comes from the Latin root flos meaning 'flower', the same root as the English flower. So, a flory is called that because it looks like a 'flower' and is used to decorate shields, borders, or fabrics.