| 单词 | orris |
| 释义 | orris (once / 36706 pages) n WORD FAMILY orris USAGE EXAMPLESI tried some orris root in it—pretty fair. Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain(1959) Orris, or′is, n. a peculiar kind of gold or silver lace: upholsterers' galloon and gimp. Various, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictio...(2012) It was as soft as satin, and smelt faintly of orris, and her fingers closed on his with a little friendly pressure. Carryl, Guy Wetmore, The Transgression of Andrew Vane—a...(2011) 1n German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome Syn|Hyper Florentine iris, Iris florentina, Iris germanica florentina bearded iris any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals) 2n fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines Syn|Hyper orrisroot root (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground |
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