iris

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for iris

iris 🔊 /ajˈɹʌs or ajˈɹɪs/

iris : කෘෂ්ණ මණ්ඩලය

iris : තාරා මණඩලය

iris : කළු ඉංගිරියාව

iris : ධනුෂ්පය

iris : තාරාමණ්ඩලය

iris definition

Noun.

  1. 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. The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.
  5. 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. See Fleur-de-lis, 2.