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1. (n.) iris
the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing an opening, the pupil, in its center.
2. iris
any plant of the genus Iris, having flowers with three upright petals and three drooping, petallike sepals.
3. iris
a flower of this plant.
4. iris
(cap.) an ancient Greek goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods.
5. iris
a rainbow.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L Īris, īris < Gk Îris, îris rainbow)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
2. (noun) iris
muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
3. (noun) iris, iris diaphragm
diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) iris
the goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods
2. (noun) iris
the rainbow
3. (noun) iris
an appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors
4. (noun) iris
the contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye
5. (noun) iris
a genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce
6. (noun) iris
see Fleur-de-lis, 2
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. iris
the daughter of Thaumus (i. e. wonder) and of the ocean nymph Electra (i. e. splendour); was the goddess of the rainbow, and as such the messenger of the gods, particularly of Zeus and Hera, the appearance of the rainbow being regarded as a sign that communications of good omen were passing between heaven and earth, as it was to Noah that they would continue to be kept up; she is represented as dressed in a long wide tunic, over which hangs a light upper garment, and with golden wings on her shoulders.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. iris
The most anterior portion of the uveal layer, separating the anterior chamber from the posterior. It consists of two layers - the stroma and the pigmented epithelium. Color of the iris depends on the amount of melanin in the stroma on reflection from the pigmented epithelium.
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Sense: the coloured part of the eye.
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 Afrikaans: iris |
 Arabic: قُزْحِيَّة العَيْن |
 Bulgarian: ирис |
 Brazilian: íris |
 Czech: duhovka |
 German: die Iris |
 Danish: regnbuehinde; iris |
 Greek: ίριδα |
 Spanish: iris |
 Estonian: vikerkest |
 Farsi: عنبیه |
 Finnish: iiris |
 French: iris |
 Hebrew: קַשתִית |
 Hindi: आख की पुतली |
 Croatian: šarenica u oku |
 Hungarian: szivárványhártya |
 Indonesian: anak mata |
 Icelandic: lithimna |
 Italian: iride |
 Japanese: 虹彩 |
 Korean: 홍채 |
 Lithuanian: rainelė |
 Latvian: varavīksnene |
 Malay: iris |
 Dutch: iris |
 Norwegian: regnbuehinne |
 Polish: tęczówka |
 Persian: قسمت رنگه چشم، عنبیه |
 Pashto: د سترګو رنګه برخه |
 Portuguese: íris |
 Romanian: iris |
 Russian: радужная оболочка |
 Slovak: dúhovka |
 Slovenian: šarenica |
 Serbian: dužica |
 Swedish: iris |
 Thai: ม่านตา |
 Turkish: gözbebeği etrafındaki ren |
 Taiwanese: 虹膜 |
 Ukrainian: райдужна оболонка |
 Urdu: آنکھ میں قرنیے کے پیچھے گ |
 Vietnamese: tròng đen |
 Chinese: 虹膜 |
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