noun
any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals)
• Hypernyms: ↑iris, ↑flag, ↑fleur-de-lis, ↑sword lily
• Hyponyms:
↑Florentine iris, ↑orris, ↑Iris germanica florentina, ↑Iris florentina, ↑German iris, ↑Iris germanica, ↑Iris kochii, ↑Dalmatian iris, ↑Iris pallida
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Iris
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noun : any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with bearded falls — compare beardless iris; see german iris
Useful english dictionary. 2012.