| NOUN | plant | genus Iris | large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes |
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| Meaning | large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes. | |
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| Members | 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) | |
| bulbous iris | Any of various irises having a rootstock / rootstock formed like a bulb | |
| 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 | |
| Broader | Iridaceae, family Iridaceae, iris family | large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs |
| liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils | |
| Spanish | genus iris | |
| Catalan | genus iris | |
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