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    STINKING IRIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africaplay

    Synonyms:

    gladdon; gladdon iris; Iris foetidissima; roast beef plant; stinking gladwyn; stinking iris

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("stinking iris" is a kind of...):

    flag; fleur-de-lis; iris; sword lily (plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals)

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