noun
bulbous iris native to the Pyrenees; widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow
• Syn: ↑Iris xiphioides
• Hypernyms: ↑iris, ↑flag, ↑fleur-de-lis, ↑sword lily
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nounUsage: usually capitalized E
: a bulbous iris (Iris xiphioides) that is native to the Pyrenees but is now widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers which are typically dark purple marked with yellow but in cultivation sometimes white, blue, or wine red but never yellow — compare dutch iris, spanish iris
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an iris, Iris xiphiodes, native to the Pyrenees, having two or three deep purple-blue flowers with golden patches.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.