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iris family

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noun

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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iris family

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

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

Members of the iris family are found in many places.

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

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