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BULBOUS IRIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bulbous iris mean?
• BULBOUS IRIS (noun)
The noun BULBOUS IRIS has 1 sense:
1. any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb
Familiarity information: BULBOUS IRIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("bulbous iris" is a kind 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 sepals)
Holonyms ("bulbous iris" is a member of...):
genus Iris (large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes)
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