Definition of Iris tingitana

1. Noun. Bulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers.

Exact synonyms: Dutch Iris
Generic synonyms: Beardless Iris

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iris Tingitana

Iriomote cat
Iriomote cats
Iris
Iris Murdoch
Iris cristata
Iris filifolia
Iris florentina
Iris foetidissima
Iris germanica
Iris germanica florentina
Iris kaempferi
Iris kochii
Iris pallida
Iris persica
Iris pseudacorus
Iris tingitana (current term)
Iris verna
Iris versicolor
Iris virginica
Iris xiphioides
Iris xiphium
Irish
IrishE
Irish English
Irish Free State
Irish Gaelic
Irish National Liberation Army
Irish Republican Army
Irish Sea
Irish Sign Language

Literary usage of Iris tingitana

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

1. Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas by Joseph Dalton Hooker, John Ball, George Maw (1878)
"... Lakes' he had failed to find a beautiful iris, which we had first admired on Sir JD Hay's dinner- table, and which we had taken to be the Iris tingitana ..."

2. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"Iris tingitana. SOME years ago I wrote von stating how easily this flower is grown in full sun on a gravelly subsoil. Since then I have moved to a colder ..."

3. Studies in Gardening by Arthur Clutton-Brock (1916)
"It has been discovered, for instance, that Iris tingitana, which thrives in Africa almost in the desert, will not usually flower in England without a good ..."

4. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"... the Iris tingitana, brought from Morocco by Dr. Hooker. Its rich gold and purple form a beautiful contrast. It is a fine addition to the ..."

5. List of Published Names of Plants Introduced to Cultivation: 1876 to 1896 by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1900)
"Fl. small, white, marked with yellow and purple. Falls oblong-spathulate, spreading. Standards narrow, oblong, erect. Oregon. Iris tingitana. ..."

6. Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas by Joseph Dalton Hooker, John Ball, George Maw (1878)
"... Lakes' he had failed to find a beautiful iris, which we had first admired on Sir JD Hay's dinner- table, and which we had taken to be the Iris tingitana ..."

7. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"Iris tingitana. SOME years ago I wrote von stating how easily this flower is grown in full sun on a gravelly subsoil. Since then I have moved to a colder ..."

8. Studies in Gardening by Arthur Clutton-Brock (1916)
"It has been discovered, for instance, that Iris tingitana, which thrives in Africa almost in the desert, will not usually flower in England without a good ..."

9. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"... the Iris tingitana, brought from Morocco by Dr. Hooker. Its rich gold and purple form a beautiful contrast. It is a fine addition to the ..."

10. List of Published Names of Plants Introduced to Cultivation: 1876 to 1896 by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1900)
"Fl. small, white, marked with yellow and purple. Falls oblong-spathulate, spreading. Standards narrow, oblong, erect. Oregon. Iris tingitana. ..."

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