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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orris \Or"ris\, n. [Prob. corrupted from It ireos iris. See
{Iris}.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Iris} ({I. Florentina}); a kind of
flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of
violets.
{Orris pea} (Med.), an issue pea made from orris root.
{Orris root}, the fragrant rootstock of the orris.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orris \Or"ris\, n.
1. [Contr. from orfrays, or from arras.] A sort of gold or
silver lace. --Johnson.
2. A peculiar pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is
worked especially, one in which the edges are ornamented
with conical figures placed at equal distances, with spots
between them
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
orris
n 1: German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged
falls and a fragrant rhizome [syn: {Florentine iris}, {Iris
germanica florentina}, {Iris florentina}]
2: fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine
iris; used in perfumes and medicines [syn: {orrisroot}]
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