Widely recognized, as a symbol (6)
I believe the answer is:
iconic
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">widely recognized</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">as a symbol</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for iconic that I've seen before include "Relating to religious pictures" , "Emblematic, representative" , "much revered" , "Like a symbol/image" , "Representatively symbolic" .)