fleuron

Meanings

1. An ornament or knob in the shape of a flower
2. The small decorative flower at the centre of each side of a Corinthian abacus; a flos.
3. 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.

Etymology

From Old French floron (“flower”), spelling later changed to match modern French fleuron.