noun
iris native to Japan having large showy flowers
• Syn: ↑Iris kaempferi
• Hypernyms: ↑beardless iris
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nounUsage: usually capitalized J
: any of various beardless garden irises that are developed chiefly from two species (Iris laevigata and I. kaempferi) of eastern Asia and that have ensiform leaves and very large handsome white, blue, reddish purple, or violet flowers with spreading falls and standards
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a plant, Iris kaempferi, native to Japan, having broad, showy flowers in a variety of colors.
[1880-85]
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Japanese iris,
a tall iris with beardless, reddish-purple, yellow, or white flowers.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.