irises

Meaning of irises

plural noun
  1. a flat, coloured, ring-shaped membrane behind the cornea of the eye, with an adjustable circular opening (pupil) in the centre.
  2. a plant with showy flowers, typically of purple or yellow, and sword-shaped leaves. Irises are native to both Eurasia and North America and widely cultivated as ornamentals.

verb, 3rd person present

(of an aperture, typically that of a lens) open or close in the manner of an iris or iris diaphragm.

modern Latin, via Latin from Greek iris ‘rainbow, iris’.

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Hyphenation of irises

irises

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • irises is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

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