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Webster 1913 Edition


Irideous

{

Irˊi-da′ceous

,

I-rid′e-ous

, }
Adj.
[From NL.
Iris
,
Iridis
, the Iris.]
(Bot.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (
Iridaceæ
), which includes the genera
Iris
,
Ixia
,
Crocus
,
Gladiolus
, and many others.

Definition 2024


irideous

irideous

English

Adjective

irideous (comparative more irideous, superlative most irideous)

  1. (botany) Of or pertaining to the irises (of family Iridaceae).

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