| NOUN | plant | beardless iris | any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls) |
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| Meaning | Any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls). | |
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| Member of | genus Iris | large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes |
| Narrower | Dutch iris, Iris filifolia | bulbous Spanish iris with red-violet flowers |
| Dutch iris, Iris tingitana | bulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers | |
| Japanese iris, Iris kaempferi | iris native to Japan having large showy flowers | |
| Spanish iris, xiphium iris, Iris xiphium | bulbous iris of western Mediterranean region having usually violet-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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