IRIS XIPHIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bulbous iris of western Mediterranean region having usually violet-purple flowers

Synonyms:

Iris xiphium; Spanish iris; xiphium iris

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Iris xiphium" is a kind of...):

beardless iris (any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls))

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