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iris family

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noun

  1. the plant family Iridaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having bulbs, corms, or rhizomes, sword-shaped grasslike leaves, and usually showy flowers, and including the blackberry lily, crocus, freesia, gladiolus, and iris.

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Members of the iris family are found in many places.

From Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) by Hugo B. Froehlich

It is of the iris family, and the genus morosa.

From The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid

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