Dutch iris
- noun
:
iris holandés
- She arranged a lovely bouquet featuring several Dutch iris to brighten up the room.
Examples
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I had them wrap a dozen Dutch iris, rode the bus to Fifty-fourth, and walked over to Elaine's shop.
Fiction book (1994) -
The lake was really just a big pond, flat as a silver dish and studded around the edges with Dutch iris.
Fiction book (1991) -
The garden was a burst of color, especially with the Dutch iris blooming in vibrant shades of blue.
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In the spring, the landscape comes alive with Dutch iris adding beauty to every garden.
Synonyms
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A plant with long narrow leaves and tall stems bearing bright flowers
A plant that grows from a bulb with purple flowers native to the western Mediterranean
A plant from the western Mediterranean with purple flowers that grows from a bulb
A garden flower that grows from a bulb with large delicate flowers usually blue or violet
A flowering plant that grows from a bulb and makes bright flowers in spring
How Ornamental
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines the adjective 'Dutch' (from the Netherlands) with the noun 'iris' (a flower), so the compound denotes an iris variety associated with the Netherlands or of Dutch origin. This adjective+noun naming of plant varieties is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Dutch iris comes from the Netherlands, where growers bred and sold these bulb irises for gardens and cut flowers. So the name uses Dutch for the country and iris for the flower, and today it means 'a bulb iris often grown in gardens and used in bouquets'.