English to English
iris
('/aI/r/I/s
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noun (n)
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals(noun.plant)source: wordnet30
- muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye(noun.body)source: wordnet30
- diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.(noun)source: webster1913
- Inner circle of an oscillated color spot.(noun)source: webster1913