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orris

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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