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Definition of Iris xiphioides
1. Noun. Bulbous iris native to the Pyrenees; widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iris Xiphioides
Literary usage of Iris xiphioides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1803)
"С 68; ] IRIS XiPHioiDES. PYRENEAN FLAG, and Order. ... G. IRIS xiphioides. Ehr.
Beitr. jp 140. Willd. Sp. Pl. \. 231. ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1880)
"... surprised to learn that it was only cultivated here. The older botanical name.
iris xiphioides, was bestowed upon the plant from its resemblance to Iris ..."
3. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"... sometimes called Spanish iris; iris xiphioides, or English iris; and Iris
germanica, or common iris, all European ..."
4. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1803)
"С 68; ] IRIS XiPHioiDES. PYRENEAN FLAG, and Order. ... G. IRIS xiphioides. Ehr.
Beitr. jp 140. Willd. Sp. Pl. \. 231. ..."
5. Old-fashioned Gardening: A History and a Reconstruction by Grace Tabor (1913)
"Iris Susiana; mourning iris; brownish purple veined and spotted with brown and
black. * iris xiphioides; English iris; dark violet, purple and yellow. ..."
6. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1880)
"... surprised to learn that it was only cultivated here. The older botanical name.
iris xiphioides, was bestowed upon the plant from its resemblance to Iris ..."
7. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"... sometimes called Spanish iris; iris xiphioides, or English iris; and Iris
germanica, or common iris, all European ..."
8. Old-fashioned Gardening: A History and a Reconstruction by Grace Tabor (1913)
"Iris Susiana; mourning iris; brownish purple veined and spotted with brown and
black. * iris xiphioides; English iris; dark violet, purple and yellow. ..."
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