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IRIDACEOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does iridaceous mean?
• IRIDACEOUS (adjective)
The adjective IRIDACEOUS has 1 sense:
1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Iridaceae
Familiarity information: IRIDACEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Iridaceae
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Iridaceae (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)
Derivation:
Iridaceae (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)
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