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irislike

irislike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an iris (the plant or its flower).

Adjective

irislike (comparative more irislike, superlative most irislike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an iris (the plant or its flower).
    • Tigridia pavonia […] bears spotted, somewhat irislike flowers in summer[…]2001, Barbara W. Ellis, Taylor's guide to bulbs, page 177

Forms of irislike

comparativemore irislike
superlativemost irislike

Origin of irislike

From iris + -like.

Questions about irislike

What does irislike mean?
Irislike means resembling or characteristic of an iris (the plant or its flower).
What part of speech is irislike?
Irislike is an adjective.

Words near irislike in the dictionary

  1. Irishwomen
  2. Irishy
  3. irisin
  4. irising
  5. irisless
  6. irislike
  7. irisology
  8. irisresorcinol
  9. iristectorin
  10. iritic
  11. iritides

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