Iris Definition & Meaning
iris
- noun
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
- diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
"Iris" in song lyrics
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"If you had that hardware, wreck more certainly would your third iris"
7L & Esoteric f/ Beyonder — Axe Hurlers -
"There's smoke in my iris"
Aesop Rock — Battery -
"With a windshield wiper through your iris"
Apathy f/ Celph Titled, Louis Logic, Majik Most — Mother Molesters
Words that rhyme with iris
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- What does iris mean?
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
- What part of speech is iris?
- Iris is a noun.
- How many definitions does iris have?
- Iris has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).