Akademik

Persian iris

noun

bulbous iris native to Asia Minor cultivated for its pale lilac-colored flowers

• Syn: ↑Iris persica

• Hypernyms: ↑iris, ↑flag, ↑fleur-de-lis, ↑sword lily

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noun

Usage: usually capitalized P

: a bulbous iris (Iris persica) that is native to Asia Minor and is cultivated for its pale lilac-colored flowers with small often minute deflexed falls

Useful english dictionary. 2012.