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German iris

noun

Etymology

German + iris, a calque of translingual Iris × germanica.

  1. derived from *weh₁irós✻ — “a twist, thread, cord, wire”
  2. derived from ἶρις — “rainbow”
  3. derived from īris
  4. inherited from iris
  5. compounded as german iris — “German + iris”

Definitions

  1. Iris × germanica, a nothospecies of iris.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for German iris. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA