iris

1. n. The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods. Source: opted

2. n. The rainbow. Source: opted

3. n. An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors. Source: opted

4. n. The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. n. See Fleur-de-lis, 2. Source: opted

7. n. plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals Source: wordnet

8. n. 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 Source: wordnet

9. n. diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening Source: wordnet

10. 1. (Class. Myth.) The class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/goddess">goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods. Shak. 2. The rainbow. Sir T. Browne. 3. An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors. Tennyson. 4. (Anat.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye. 5. (Bot.) 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. 6. (Her.) See Fleur-de-lis, 2. Source: webster

11. The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of thegods. Shak. Source: adambom

12. n:100 n. plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals n. 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 n. diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening Source: ecdict

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