iris versicolor

1. 1.

   a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally

   Synonymsblue flag

   Broaderiris

Questions about iris versicolor

What does iris versicolor mean?

iris versicolor means "a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally".

What is another word for iris versicolor?

Close synonyms include blue flag. 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 versicolor a common word?

iris versicolor 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.