luce : Idioms & Phrases

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clare booth luce

  • noun United States playwright and public official (1902-1987)
    Luce.
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flower-de-luce

Flow"er-de-luce" noun
Etymology
Corrupted fr. fleur-de-lis.
Definitions
  1. (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. ✍ 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.
Webster 1913

henry luce

  • noun United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967)
    Luce; Henry Luce.
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henry robinson luce

  • noun United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967)
    Luce; Henry Luce.
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