iris germanica

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   a large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern Europe

   SynonymsGerman iris

   Broaderbearded iris

Questions about iris germanica

What does iris germanica mean?

iris germanica means "a large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern Europe".

What is another word for iris germanica?

Close synonyms include German iris. 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 iris germanica a common word?

iris germanica 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.