Canadian English Meaning of iris
Iris
Other Canadian English words related to Iris
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Nearest Words of iris
- iris cristata => crested iris
- iris diaphragm => Iris diaphragm
- iris family => Iris family
- iris filifolia => Slender iris
- iris florentina => Iris florentina
- iris foetidissima => Stinking iris
- iris germanica => Iris
- iris germanica florentina => Orris root
- iris kaempferi => Japanese iris
- iris kochii => Iris kochii
Definitions and Meaning of iris in English
iris (n)
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
iris (n.)
The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.
The rainbow.
An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.
The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.
A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.
See Fleur-de-lis, 2.
Inner circle of an oscillated color spot.
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Iris
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals, muscular diaphragm that cont
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iridotomy => Iridotomy, iridosmium => Iridosmium, iridosmine => iridosmine, iridoprocne bicolor => Tree Martin, iridoprocne => Violet-green swallows,
