bearded iris
Noun
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Any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals) (synset 112432860)
is a type of: flag, fleur-de-lis, iris, sword lily - plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepalssubtypes:
- florentine iris, iris florentina, iris germanica florentina, orris - German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome
- german iris, iris germanica - a large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern Europe
- german iris, iris kochii - iris of northern Italy having deep blue-purple flowers; similar to but smaller than Iris germanica
- dalmatian iris, iris pallida - European iris having soft lilac-blue flowers
belongs to: genus iris - large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes
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