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GENUS IRIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Iris" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Iris"):
flag; fleur-de-lis; iris; sword lily (plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals)
bearded iris (any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals))
beardless iris (any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls))
bulbous iris (any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb)
