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iris
Overview of noun iris
The noun iris has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily -- (plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals)
2. iris -- (muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil; it forms the colored portion of the eye)
3. iris, iris diaphragm -- (diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun iris
3 senses of iris
Sense 1
iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
=> iridaceous plant
=> bulbous plant
=> vascular plant, tracheophyte
=> plant, flora, plant life
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
iris
=> membrane, tissue layer
=> animal tissue
=> tissue
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
iris, iris diaphragm
=> diaphragm, stop
=> mechanical device
=> mechanism
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun iris
1 of 3 senses of iris
Sense 1
iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
=> bearded iris
=> beardless iris
=> bulbous iris
=> dwarf iris, Iris cristata
=> stinking iris, gladdon, gladdon iris, stinking gladwyn, roast beef plant, Iris foetidissima
=> Persian iris, Iris persica
=> yellow iris, yellow flag, yellow water flag, Iris pseudacorus
=> dwarf iris, vernal iris, Iris verna
=> blue flag, Iris versicolor
=> southern blue flag, Iris virginica
=> English iris, Iris xiphioides
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun iris
3 senses of iris
Sense 1
iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
=> iridaceous plant
Sense 2
iris
=> membrane, tissue layer
Sense 3
iris, iris diaphragm
=> diaphragm, stop
Antonyms of noun iris
Member Holonyms of noun iris
1 of 3 senses of iris
Sense 1
iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
MEMBER OF: genus Iris
Substance Holonyms of noun iris
Part Holonyms of noun iris
1 of 3 senses of iris
Sense 2
iris
PART OF: eye, oculus, optic
Member Meronyms of noun iris
Substance Meronyms of noun iris
Part Meronyms of noun iris
1 of 3 senses of iris
Sense 2
iris
HAS PART: pupil
Meronyms of noun iris
1 of 3 senses of iris
Sense 2
iris
HAS PART: pupil
Holonyms of noun iris
2 of 3 senses of iris
Sense 1
iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
MEMBER OF: genus Iris
Sense 2
iris
PART OF: eye, oculus, optic
Attributes of noun iris
Derived Forms of noun iris
Domain of noun iris
Domain Terms of noun iris
Familiarity of noun iris
iris used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun iris
3 senses of iris
Sense 1
iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
> iridaceous plant
=> iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
=> blackberry-lily, leopard lily, Belamcanda chinensis
=> crocus
=> freesia
=> gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily
=> corn lily
=> blue-eyed grass
Sense 2
iris
> membrane, tissue layer
=> trophoblast
=> chorioallantois, chorioallantoic membrane
=> web
=> Bowman's capsule, glomerular capsule, capsula glomeruli
=> axolemma
=> basilar membrane
=> fetal membrane
=> choroid, choroid coat
=> ciliary body
=> cornea
=> diaphragm, midriff
=> eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, myringa
=> endocranium
=> endosteum
=> ependyma
=> fertilization membrane
=> hyaloid membrane, hyaloid
=> intima
=> iris
=> lamella
=> lens capsule
=> meninx, meninges
=> mucous membrane, mucosa
=> periosteum
=> perithelium
=> retina
=> sarcolemma
=> semipermeable membrane
=> serous membrane, serosa
=> synovial membrane, synovium
=> tunic, tunica, adventitia
Sense 3
iris, iris diaphragm
> diaphragm, stop
=> iris, iris diaphragm
Meronyms of noun iris
3 senses of iris
Sense 1
iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
=> iridaceous plant
=> bulbous plant
=> vascular plant, tracheophyte
HAS PART: vascular system
HAS PART: vessel, vas
HAS PART: vascular tissue
HAS PART: duct
HAS PART: vascular tissue
=> plant, flora, plant life
HAS PART: plant part, plant structure
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
iris
HAS PART: pupil
=> membrane, tissue layer
HAS SUBSTANCE: phospholipid
=> animal tissue
=> tissue
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 3
iris, iris diaphragm
=> diaphragm, stop
=> mechanical device
=> mechanism
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun iris
2 of 3 senses of iris
Sense 1
iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
MEMBER OF: genus Iris
Sense 2
iris
PART OF: eye, oculus, optic
PART OF: visual system
PART OF: face, human face
PART OF: head, caput
PART OF: body, organic structure, physical structure
PART OF: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
PART OF: homo, man, human being, human
Grep of noun iris
apatura iris
bearded iris
beardless iris
bulbous iris
dalmatian iris
dame jean iris murdoch
dutch iris
dwarf iris
english iris
florentine iris
genus iris
german iris
gladdon iris
iris
iris cristata
iris diaphragm
iris family
iris filifolia
iris florentina
iris foetidissima
iris germanica
iris germanica florentina
iris kaempferi
iris kochii
iris murdoch
iris pallida
iris persica
iris pseudacorus
iris scanning
iris tingitana
iris verna
iris versicolor
iris virginica
iris xiphioides
iris xiphium
irish
irish bull
irish burgoo
irish capital
irish coffee
irish free state
irish gaelic
irish gorse
irish monetary unit
irish moss
irish national liberation army
irish people
irish person
irish potato
irish pound
irish punt
irish republican army
irish sea
irish setter
irish soda bread
irish stew
irish strawberry
irish terrier
irish water spaniel
irish whiskey
irish whisky
irish wolfhound
irishman
irishwoman
japanese iris
osiris
persian iris
siris
spanish iris
stinking iris
vernal iris
xiphium iris
yellow iris
Grep of adj iris
irish
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