dutch iris

1. 1.

   bulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers

   SynonymsIris tingitana

   Broaderbeardless iris
2. 2.

   bulbous Spanish iris with red-violet flowers

   SynonymsIris filifolia

   Broaderbeardless iris

Questions about dutch iris

What does dutch iris mean?

dutch iris means "bulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for dutch iris?

Close synonyms include Iris tingitana, Iris filifolia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dutch iris a common word?

dutch iris is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.