| NOUN | plant | bearded iris | any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals) |
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| Meaning | Any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals). | |
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| Member of | genus Iris | large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes |
| Narrower | Dalmatian iris, Iris pallida | European iris having soft lilac-blue flowers |
| Florentine iris, orris, Iris germanica florentina, Iris florentina | German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome | |
| German iris, Iris germanica | A large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern Europe | |
| German iris, Iris kochii | iris of northern Italy having deep blue-purple flowers | |
| Broader | iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily | plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals |
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