IRIS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
   Synonym(s)
   • iris diaphragm (what does iris diaphragm mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) iris is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • diaphragm (what does diaphragm mean?)
   • stop (what does stop mean?)
2. Meaning
   • muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil
   • it forms the colored portion of the eye
   Hypernyms(s) iris is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • membrane (what does membrane mean?)
   • tissue layer (what does tissue layer mean?)
3. Meaning
   • plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
   Synonym(s)
   • flag (what does flag mean?)
   • fleur-de-lis (what does fleur-de-lis mean?)
   • sword lily (what does sword lily mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) iris is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • iridaceous plant (what does iridaceous plant mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bearded iris (what does bearded iris mean?)
   • beardless iris (what does beardless iris mean?)
   • bulbous iris (what does bulbous iris mean?)
   • dwarf iris (what does dwarf iris mean?)
   • Iris cristata (what does Iris cristata mean?)
   • stinking iris (what does stinking iris mean?)
   • gladdon (what does gladdon mean?)
   • gladdon iris (what does gladdon iris mean?)
   • stinking gladwyn (what does stinking gladwyn mean?)
   • roast beef plant (what does roast beef plant mean?)
   • Iris foetidissima (what does Iris foetidissima mean?)
   • Persian iris (what does Persian iris mean?)
   • Iris persica (what does Iris persica mean?)
   • yellow iris (what does yellow iris mean?)
   • yellow flag (what does yellow flag mean?)
   • yellow water flag (what does yellow water flag mean?)
   • Iris pseudacorus (what does Iris pseudacorus mean?)
   • dwarf iris (what does dwarf iris mean?)
   • vernal iris (what does vernal iris mean?)
   • Iris verna (what does Iris verna mean?)
   • blue flag (what does blue flag mean?)
   • Iris versicolor (what does Iris versicolor mean?)
   • southern blue flag (what does southern blue flag mean?)
   • Iris virginica (what does Iris virginica mean?)
   • English iris (what does English iris mean?)
   • Iris xiphioides (what does Iris xiphioides mean?)