Iris

Proper noun
Iris


 * 1)  A genus of flowering plants of the Iridaceae family.

Translations

 * Hebrew: איריס

Proper noun

 * 1)  A messenger of the gods.
 * 2) ; a flower name used since the end of the 19th century.

Derived terms

 * Iridian

Quotations

 * 1598 William Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well: Act I, Scene III :
 * What's the matter, / That this distemper'd messenger of wet, / The many-colour'd Iris, rounds thine eye?
 * 1990 Joyce Carol Oates: Because It Is Bitter, And Because It Is My Heart ISBN 0452265819  page 39:
 * Persia tells Iris she is named for something special: the iris of the eye. / "I thought I was named for a flower," Iris says, disappointed. / "An iris is a flower, of course," Persia says, smiling, "but it's this other, too. Our secret. 'The iris of the eye'." / "The eye?" / Persia snaps her fingers in Iris's eyes. The gesture is so rude and unexpected, Iris will remember it all her life. After this disclosure, Iris doesn't know whether she likes her name any more.

Thesaurus
Dalmatian, antigorite, baby blues, band, banjo eyes, bar, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blotch, bright eyes, butterfly, candy cane, chameleon, check, checker, cheetah, chrysotile, clear eyes, confetti, cornea, crazy quilt, dapple, dot, eye, eyeball, eyelid, firedog, flake, fleck, freckle, goggle eyes, harlequin, iridesce, iridize, jaguar, lens, leopard, lid, mackerel, mackerel sky, maculate, marble, marbled paper, marbleize, moire, mother-of-pearl, motley, mottle, nacre, naked eye, nictitating membrane, ocelot, oculus, opal, opalesce, ophite, optic, optic nerve, orb, organ of vision, patchwork quilt, peacock, peeper, pepper, polychrome, polychromize, popeyes, pupil, rainbow, retina, saucer eyes, sclera, serpentine, serpentine marble, shot silk, spangle, speck, speckle, spectrum, splotch, spot, sprinkle, starry orbs, stigmatize, stipple, streak, striate, stripe, stud, tattoo, tessellate, tortoise shell, unaided eye, variegate, vein, visual organ, zebra

Etymology
Ἶρις iris "rainbow".

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 * 1)  Iris

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Related terms

 * Iiris

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 * 1)  Iris

Noun

 * 1) iris.

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 * 1)  Iris

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 * 1)  Iris