bulbous iris

1. 1.

   any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb

   Broaderiris

   Part ofgenus Iris

Questions about bulbous iris

What does bulbous iris mean?

bulbous iris means "any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb".

Is bulbous iris a common word?

bulbous iris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.