Definition of Iridaceae

1. Noun. Large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Iridaceae

Iraqnophobia
Irbe Strait
Ireland
Irelander
Irelanders
Irena
Irene
Irene Joliot-Curie
Irenidae
Irenæus
Iresine
Iresine herbstii
Iresine reticulata
Iricism
Iricisms
Iridaceae
Iridian
Iridill
Iridoprocne
Iridoprocne bicolor
Irigarayan
Iriomote cat
Iriomote cats
Iris
Iris Murdoch
Iris cristata
Iris filifolia
Iris florentina
Iris foetidissima
Iris germanica

Literary usage of Iridaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"iridaceae Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2: 382. 1836. IRIS FAMILY. Perennial herbs with narrow equitant 2-ranked leaves and perfect regular or irregular mostly ..."

2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1897)
"... camas," "white camas," and "lobelia," and common in the natural meadows. The roots when eaten cause extreme vomiting. See under Iris. iridaceae Iris ..."

3. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"IRIS FAMILY (iridaceae) Larger Blue Flag; Blue Iris; Fleur-de-lis; Flower-de-luce Iris versicolor Flowers—Several, 2 to 3 in. long, violet-blue variegated ..."

4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"iridaceae Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2: 382. 1836. IRIS FAMILY. Perennial herbs with narrow equitant 2-ranked leaves and perfect regular or irregular mostly ..."

5. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1897)
"... camas," "white camas," and "lobelia," and common in the natural meadows. The roots when eaten cause extreme vomiting. See under Iris. iridaceae Iris ..."

6. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"IRIS FAMILY (iridaceae) Larger Blue Flag; Blue Iris; Fleur-de-lis; Flower-de-luce Iris versicolor Flowers—Several, 2 to 3 in. long, violet-blue variegated ..."

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