noun
any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls)
• Hypernyms: ↑iris, ↑flag, ↑fleur-de-lis, ↑sword lily
• Hyponyms:
↑Dutch iris, ↑Iris filifolia, ↑Japanese iris, ↑Iris kaempferi, ↑Iris tingitana, ↑Spanish iris, ↑xiphium iris, ↑Iris xiphium
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Iris
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noun : any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no beard on the falls — compare bearded iris; see japanese iris
Useful english dictionary. 2012.