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violet iris

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noun

  1. an iris, Iris verna, of the eastern U.S., having solitary, violet-blue flowers.

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Downward the sun strikes amid them And enkindles a lone flower; A violet iris standing yet in seething pools of grey.

From Japanese Prints by Lathrop, Dorothy Pulis

In painting the violet iris, red may be dropped in blue.

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

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