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beardless iris

DEFINITIONS OF: beardless iris

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n any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls)

Types:
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Dutch iris, Iris filifolia
bulbous Spanish iris with red-violet flowers
Iris kaempferi, Japanese iris
iris native to Japan having large showy flowers
Dutch iris, Iris tingitana
bulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers
Iris xiphium, Spanish iris, xiphium iris
bulbous iris of western Mediterranean region having usually violet-purple flowers
Type of:
flag, fleur-de-lis, iris, sword lily
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
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