Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of iris when referring to multiple blossoms. (Iris is multiple for multiple plants.)
Examples
“Normally her irises were the color of plums, but with emotion, veins of black forked out.”
“The irises are a blazing goldenrod, sort of like how the sun looks when one squints at it too hard.”
“His irises were a light blue, as described in the dossier.”
“Her irises were the same lavender color as her horn.”
“Her eyes were focused on me, and the irises were a shocking, brilliant red.”
“The irises were a greenish-yellow with a bright centre, the whole iris darkly ringed.”
“Her eyes looked human, except that they had the capacity of reflecting when light struck them; the irises were the rich green of the ancient cat.”
“Prudy had turned about, and the only remnants of her face which looked at all natural -- that is, the irises and pupils of her swollen eyes -- were shining with curiosity.”
“When the irises are the gem of the garden, when the boys take to the dirt and bugs again (and I have to watch for Liam's asthma and allergies), and when the afternoon winds down and grows silent as tired boys sleep.”
“Deadhead flowers to encourage reblooming and to avoid wasted energy to produce seed on plants such as irises or daylilies.”
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Russian Doll Words
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Tweets
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frindley Irises, always irises, and nothing but irises. My signature flower.
Their statuesque beauty also offers a modicum of privacy in that hellish office invention, the pod (a schlimmbesserung on the cube farm). Apr 6, 2008