Portuguese Meaning of iris
Íris
Other Portuguese words related to Íris
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of iris
- iris diaphragm => Diafragma da íris
- iris family => Família das Iridáceas
- iris filifolia => Íris filifolia
- iris florentina => Íris florentina
- iris foetidissima => Íris fétida
- iris germanica => Lírio-alemão
- iris germanica florentina => Lírio alemão da florência
- iris kaempferi => Íris japonesa
- iris kochii => Íris kochii
- iris murdoch => Iris Murdoch
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.
FAQs About the word iris
Íris
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals, muscular diaphragm that cont
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
iridotomy => Iridotomia, iridosmium => Iridosmium, iridosmine => iridosmina, iridoprocne bicolor => Andorinha-azul-e-branca, iridoprocne => Andorinha,
