Synonyms for iris
ˈaɪ rɪs; ˈɪr ɪˌdiz, ˈaɪ rɪ-iris

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1. iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lilynoun

   plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

   Synonyms:
   iris diaphragm, masthead, flag, gladiola, signal flag, sword lily, flagstone, pin, gladiolus, glad, fleur-de-lis, fleur-de-lys

2. irisnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   sword lily, flag, iris diaphragm, fleur-de-lis

3. iris, iris diaphragmnoun

   diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening

   Synonyms:
   sword lily, flag, iris diaphragm, fleur-de-lis

Matched Categories

1. • Diaphragm
   • Iridaceous Plant
   • Membrane

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1. irisnoun

   Synonyms:
   rainbow

2. irisnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Bot.) flower-de-luce

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1. irisnoun

   Synonyms:
   flower-de-luce, fleur-de-lis, flag

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1. List of paraphrases for "iris":

   lris, diaphragm, retinal, diafragma, aires

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1. List of known nicknames for "Iris":

   airis

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. iris

   Synonyms:
   Iris douglasiana

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1. Barbie Signature Designer Carlyle Nuera:

   She wasn’t afraid of a bold print, which I think is reflective of the bold advocacy she had for the rights of different marginalized groups like Asian Americans, Black Americans, and women, and also in my research, I found that there's a type of iris named after her, a beautiful deep purple iris, which is what inspired the print on her dress.

2. Dana Weigel:

   The exposed portion of the old arrays will still be generating power in parallel with the new arrays, but those new Iris arrays have solar cells on them that are more efficient than our original cells, they have a higher energy density and together in combination may generate more power than what our original array, when it was new, did on its own.

3. Wilfred Sheed:

   Henry James created more convincing women than Iris Murdoch put together.

4. Arabella Carter-Johnson:

   Thula loved all of the things that Iris found difficult, it was like heaven.

5. Zak Normandin:

   I would love to see Coca-Cola( KO) products on Iris Nova trucks soon, not delivering products into stores, but delivering products to consumers homes.