iris

[I·ris]

Your iris is the colored part of your eye that surrounds the black pupil in the center. If your irises are brown, you can say you have brown eyes.

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The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.

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

Noun
muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil; it forms the colored portion of the eye

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

n.
The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.

n.
The rainbow.

n.
An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.

n.
The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.

n.
A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.

n.
See Fleur-de-lis, 2.

Iris

I"ris , n.; pl. E. Irises , L. Irides . [L. iris, iridis, the goddess, Gr. , , the rainbow, iris of the eye, the plant Iris. Cf. Orris.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods. Shak. 2. The rainbow. Sir T. Browne. 3. An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors. Tennyson. 4. (Anat.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye. 5. (Bot.) A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce. 6. (Her.) See Fleur-de-lis, 2.

The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.

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