English > flag: 12 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design. |
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| Narrower | American flag, Stars and Stripes, Star-Spangled Banner, Old Glory | The national flag of the United States of America |
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| Stars and Bars, Confederate flag | The first flag of the Confederate States of America |
| Union Jack, Union flag | national flag of the United Kingdom |
| banner, streamer | long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising |
| battle flag | A flag that leads troops into battle |
| black flag, pirate flag, Jolly Roger, blackjack | A flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background |
| colors, colours | A flag that shows its nationality |
| fanion | A small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a position |
| jack | small flag indicating a ship's nationality |
| national flag, ensign | An emblem flown as a symbol of nationality |
| pennant, pennon, streamer, waft | A long flag |
| standard, banner | Any distinctive flag |
| tricolor, tricolour | A flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag) |
| white flag, flag of truce | flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask / ask for a truce |
| yellow jack | yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine |
| Broader | emblem | special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. |
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| Spanish | bandera, pabellón |
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| Catalan | bandera, pavelló |
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| Verbs | flag | communicate or signal with a flag |
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| flag | decorate with flags |
English > flag: 12 senses > noun 3, plant| Meaning | plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals. |
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| Synonyms | iris, fleur-de-lis, sword lily |
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| Member of | genus Iris | large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes |
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| Narrower | English iris, Iris xiphioides | bulbous iris native to the Pyrenees |
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| Persian iris, Iris persica | bulbous iris native to Asia Minor cultivated for its pale lilac-colored flowers |
| 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) |
| blue flag, Iris versicolor | A common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers |
| bulbous iris | Any of various irises having a rootstock / rootstock formed like a bulb |
| dwarf iris, vernal iris, Iris verna | low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers |
| dwarf iris, Iris cristata | low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States |
| southern blue flag, Iris virginica | Similar to blue flag |
| stinking iris, gladdon, gladdon iris, stinking gladwyn, roast beef plant, Iris foetidissima | iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves |
| yellow iris, yellow flag, yellow water flag, Iris pseudacorus | Common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated |
| Broader | iridaceous plant | Any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae |
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| Spanish | lirio, lis |
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| Catalan | iris, lliri, llir |
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