A heraldic term for a pattern where floral or flower designs are arranged in alternating or opposite directions.
From counter- + flory (from Old French flor, meaning 'flower'). This is medieval heraldic terminology.
Heralds spent their careers creating visual languages where tiny details mattered—counterflory meant 'flowers pointing left and right alternately,' and this determined whether a nobleman's claim to land was valid or not.
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