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noun • plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals • 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 • diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening | ||||||||
| 37% | 13 | Flower that gets its name from its balloon-shaped flower buds | ||||||
noun • fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah | ||||||||
| 34% | 9 | Family name derived from the Greek word for rainbow | ||||||
noun • large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs | ||||||||
Flower That Gets Its Name From The Greek Word For Rainbow Crossword Clue
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IRIS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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IRIS
Updated: December 4, 2024
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1 | Flower that gets its name from its balloon-shaped flower buds | |
2 | Flower whose name means "rainbow"
New York Times -
22 Sep 2016 | New York Times / 22 Sep 2016 |
3 | Goddess whose name is given poetically to the rainbow; a coloured part of the eye; a purple or yellow “fleur-de-lis”; or, a rainbow quartz
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07 Jan 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 07 Jan 2023 |
4 | Nickname of the “chrysanth”, whose full name stems from Greek for “gold flower”; an informal name for one’s mater; noun meaning “silence”; or, an interjection calling for such
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29 Jul 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 29 Jul 2023 |
5 | Part of the eye that shares its name with a rainbow goddess
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01 Jan 2024 | New York Times / 01 Jan 2024 |
6 | Pre-Rainbow Nation province in six-colour rainbow condition?
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31 May 2018 | The Guardian Cryptic / 31 May 2018 |
7 | The name of this genus comes from the Greek word for rainbow |
