Crossword clues for irides
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
(Class. Myth.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.
--Shak.The rainbow.
--Sir T. Browne.An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.
--Tennyson.(Anat.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.
(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.
(Her.) See Fleur-de-lis, 2.
(Zo["o]l.) the inner circle of an oscillated color spot.
same as iris diaphragm.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of iris English) (gloss: part of the eye)
WordNet
See iris
n. plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals [syn: flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily]
muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil; it forms the colored portion of the eye
diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening [syn: iris diaphragm]
[also: irides (pl)]
Usage examples of "irides".
Benson, Burnett, Demaux, Lawson, Morison, Reuling, Samelson, and others also report congenital deficiency of the irides in both eyes.
The other boy in the family had a total absence of irides, but he could see fairly well with the left eye.
I explained about the heterochromia irides, and tried to leave it at that, but she prodded and pushed until I spilled how hard it was to grow up so obviously different from anyone else.