fleuron

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An ornament or knob in the shape of a flower
2. noun The small decorative flower at the centre of each side of a Corinthian abacus; a flos.
3. noun A decorative typographic element, used to separate passages or simply for decoration. Often doubled, e.g. 🙚 🙘 or 🙘🙚, or combined with other fleurons into a short line.

   Fleurons include ❦, 🙐, 🙘, 🙠, 🙨, ☘, 🙬, 🕊, ✾, 𐡷, 𐫱.

Similar words

floret flow'r flower knop flour ball flower flowre semifloret flowerer tooth ornament

Often followed by

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