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- noun Plural form of
iris when referring to multiple blossoms. (Iris is multiple for multiple plants.)
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Examples
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Normally her irises were the color of plums, but with emotion, veins of black forked out.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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Normally her irises were the color of plums, but with emotion, veins of black forked out.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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His irises were a light blue, as described in the dossier.
Demon From The Dark Kresley Cole 2010
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Her irises were the same lavender color as her horn.
Zombies vs. Unicorns Justine Larbalestier 2010
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The irises are a blazing goldenrod, sort of like how the sun looks when one squints at it too hard.
From Beyond 2010
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Her eyes were focused on me, and the irises were a shocking, brilliant red.
Eclipse Meyer, Stephenie 2007
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The irises were a greenish-yellow with a bright centre, the whole iris darkly ringed.
The Murder Room James, P. D. 1988
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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.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973
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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.
Fairy Book Sophie May 1869
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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.
Mamalogues® 2009
frindley commented on the word irises
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).
April 6, 2008