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DUTCH IRIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dutch iris mean?
• DUTCH IRIS (noun)
The noun DUTCH IRIS has 2 senses:
1. bulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers
2. bulbous Spanish iris with red-violet flowers
Familiarity information: DUTCH IRIS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dutch iris; Iris tingitana
Hypernyms ("Dutch iris" is a kind of...):
beardless iris (any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bulbous Spanish iris with red-violet flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dutch iris; Iris filifolia
Hypernyms ("Dutch iris" is a kind of...):
beardless iris (any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls))
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