Citations:iris

plural iris

						1989 1996	2004
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• 1989, Ann Lovejoy, The Year in Bloom [1]

  Is there anything more spectacular than the bearded iris in their short season?

• 1996, Katherine Grace Endicott, Northern California Gardening [2]

  Tall bearded iris are in bloom now.

• 2004, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, A Garden for Life [3]

  The bulbous iris are important because their early flowers provide a food source for bees and early flying insects.

plural irides

					1843	1989	2001
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• 1843, The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

  In colour the irides are straw-yellow, the pupils black; forehead, nape, and back, very dark bluish-black; [...]

• 1989, Robert S Ridgely, The Birds of South America [4]

  As in the caciques, bills are sharply pointed and pale, while irides are usually pale blue.

• 2001, John V Forrester et al., The Eye [5]

  Later in life brown irides are the result of heavily pigmented melanocytes within the stroma.

plural irises

						1987 2000	2002
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• 1987, Pamela Harper, Frederick McGourty, Perennials [6]

  Tall bearded irises are easy to grow but not always easy to grow well.

• 2000, Kevin C Voughn, Louisiana Iris [7]

  Most iris lovers feel that Louisiana irises are now large enough.

• 2002, John E Bryan, Bulbs [8]

  All these irises are sold as dry, dormant bulbs in fall.