iris xiphium

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   bulbous iris of western Mediterranean region having usually violet-purple flowers

   SynonymsSpanish irisxiphium iris

   Broaderbeardless iris

Questions about iris xiphium

What does iris xiphium mean?

iris xiphium means "bulbous iris of western Mediterranean region having usually violet-purple flowers".

What is another word for iris xiphium?

Close synonyms include Spanish iris, xiphium 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 xiphium a common word?

iris xiphium 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.