(nautical) A ruse, in the days of sail, in which an attacking ship would fly the colours of its enemy until close enough to open fire.

To target with a false flag ruse.

A plant, the cattail.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Spanish, flag. / The flowering plant Lantana camara.

sword lily

The flag raised at Sonoma in 1846 during the Bear Flag Revolt. / The current flag of California, based on that flag.

A Dutch historical flag, originally used by the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years War, with three horizontal stripes: orange, white, and blue.

A rainbow-striped flag, typically consisting of six horizontal bars (from top to bottom: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet), used as a symbol of LGBT pride and LGBT social movements.

Alternative form of strike one's flag

A colourful rectangular cloth hung from a thread and strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas by practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes.