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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
iris
n 1: plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing
bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three
drooping sepals [syn: iris, flag, fleur-de-lis,
sword lily]
2: 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
3: diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be
adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening [syn:
iris, iris diaphragm]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Iris \I"ris\, n.; pl. E. Irises, L. Irides. [L. iris,
iridis, the goddess, Gr. ?, ?, the rainbow, iris of the eye,
the plant Iris. Cf. Orris.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of the rainbow, and
swift-footed messenger of the gods. --Shak.
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2. The rainbow. --Sir T. Browne.
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3. An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of
colors. --Tennyson.
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4. (Anat.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil,
and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.
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5. (Bot.) 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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6. (Her.) See Fleur-de-lis, 2.
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7. (Zool.) the inner circle of an oscillated color spot.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. same as iris diaphragm.
[PJC]
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3. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) |
IRIS
Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (org., Canada)
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4. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) |
IRIS
Internet Registry Information Service (XML, Internet)
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5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
IRIS
Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship
of Brown University (Providence RI).
(1994-11-04)
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6. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
Iris
An object-oriented DBMS.
(1994-11-04)
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Thesaurus Results for Iris:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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