Definitions for iris family
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
i′ris fam`ily(n.)
a family, Iridaceae, of nonwoody plants with showy flowers and with narrow leaves that emerge from bulbs, corms, or rhizomes.
Category: Plants
Princeton's WordNet
Iridaceae, family Iridaceae, iris family(noun)
large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
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