Japanese iris

Japanese iris

n. A plant of any of various cultivars of an iris (Iris ensata) native to Japan, having large blue to red-violet flowers.

Jap′anese i′ris

n. a plant, Iris kaempferi, native to Japan, having broad, showy flowers in a variety of colors. [1880–85]

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Japanese iris - iris native to Japan having large showy flowersIris kaempferibeardless iris - any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls)