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English → English (gcide) Definition: I versicolor Flower-de-luce \Flow“er-de-luce”\, n. [Corrupted fr. fleur-de-lis.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem. [1913 Webster] Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north temperate zone. Some of the best known are Iris Germanica , I. Florentina, I. Persica, I. sambucina , and the American I. versicolor, I. prismatica , etc. [1913 Webster]