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Spanish iris

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Noun1.Spanish iris - bulbous iris of western Mediterranean region having usually violet-purple flowersSpanish iris - bulbous iris of western Mediterranean region having usually violet-purple flowers
beardless iris - any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls)


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Ligozzi shows two very different varieties of iris in a single painting: The "Mourning Iris (Iris susiana) and Spanish Iris (Iris xyphium)" depicts the common Spanish iris, with its many cultivars next to the imposing and exotic mourning iris newly imported from Persia.
 
 
 
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