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2 | 30% | 10 | White pappus surrounds the fruit | |
3 | 26% | 8 | Edible white flesh surrounds a large seed | |
The White Surrounds It Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "IRIS" which means:
- 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 verb
- • (of an aperture, lens or door) to open or close in the manner of an iris.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The iris is the national flower of france."
- • "My grandmother has a beautiful iris garden."
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