sword lily
English Thesaurus
1. plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | iridaceous plant, |
| definition | : | any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bearded iris, |
| definition | : | any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | beardless iris, |
| definition | : | any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bulbous iris, |
| definition | : | any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dwarf iris, iris cristata, |
| definition | : | low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | iris persica, persian iris, |
| definition | : | bulbous iris native to Asia Minor cultivated for its pale lilac-colored flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | blue flag, iris versicolor, |
| definition | : | a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | english iris, iris xiphioides, |
| definition | : | bulbous iris native to the Pyrenees; widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus iris, |
| definition | : | large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes (noun.plant) |
2. any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | iridaceous plant, |
| definition | : | any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae (noun.plant) |
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