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US
/ˈaɪɹəs, ˈaɪɹɪs/
]
[ UK /ˈaɪɹɪs/ ]
[ UK /ˈaɪɹɪs/ ]
NOUN
- muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
How To Use iris In A Sentence
- While the Irish government generates a lot of noisy, self-righteous cant about the evils of cigarettes at home, it makes a pretty packet from ‘selling death’ abroad.
- The heroic deeds of this brave and noble Irishman have brought honour and glory to his native land.
- About 10,000 Irish patients contract the superbug each year.
- This, perhaps the greatest period of an already great life, has been sensitively written about by memoirists and historians.
- Some plants like ornamental grasses or irises may require knives, machetes, or even hatchets to get the job done, but it is worth it.
- Distilled in the old Irish tradition this pure pot still single malt whiskey uses only the most natural Irish ingredients of barley and fresh spring water.
- The Roman satirists savagely expose the fawning homage heaped upon the childless rich.
- The Irish actor was as famous for his varied movie roles as his drinking and womanising.
- Trust the Irish to give it to you straight, with no blarney, when it's something as important as drink.
- His dissection of the eye yielded the distinction between cornea, retina, iris, and chorioid coat.