|flȯrən|sā, fləˈren(t)sē adjective
Etymology: French, feminine of florencé, from Florence, Italy + -é (from Latin -atus -ate); from the form of the lily in the arms of the city of Florence
of a fleur-de-lis in art or heraldry : having a figure in the form of a stem often seeded or flowered at the tip or leaflike or petallike in form arising between each C-scroll and the central lyrate figure
the familiar fleur-de-lis florencée of the city of Florence
— see florentine lily