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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various irises characterized by a conspicuous region of hairs or hairlike structures at the base of each of the three outer drooping perianth segments.

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  • noun any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals)

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