Iris

n.	1.	(Class. Myth.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.
	2.	The rainbow.
	3.	An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.
	4.	(Anat.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.
	5.	(Bot.) A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.
	6.	(Her.) See Fleur-de-lis, 2.
	7.	(Zool.) the inner circle of an oscillated color spot.
	8.	same as iris diaphragm.

Noun	1.	iris - plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals Synonyms: fleur-de-lis, sword lily, flag
	2.	iris - muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil; it forms the colored portion of the eye
	3.	iris - diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening Synonyms: iris diaphragm

1.	(body)	IRIS - Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship of Brown University (Providence RI).
2.		Iris - An object-oriented DBMS.

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