iris xiphioides

1. 1.

   bulbous iris native to the Pyrenees; widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow

   SynonymsEnglish iris

   Broaderiris

Questions about iris xiphioides

What does iris xiphioides mean?

iris xiphioides means "bulbous iris native to the Pyrenees; widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow".

What is another word for iris xiphioides?

Close synonyms include English 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 xiphioides a common word?

iris xiphioides 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.