Iris

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·see Fleur-de-lis, 2.

II. Iris ·noun The Rainbow.

III. Iris ·add. ·noun Inner circle of an oscillated color spot.

IV. Iris ·noun An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.

V. Iris ·noun The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.

VI. Iris ·noun The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. ·see Eye.

VII. Iris ·noun 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.

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