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stinking iris

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables
stink-ing iris
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Iris foetidissima, a species of iris of Western Europe whose leaves give off a beefy smell when crushed or bruised.

Inflected Forms

stinking irises (plural)

Synonyms

Gladwin iris Gladwin's iris roast-beef plant gladdon gladdon iris stinking gladwyn roast beef plant iris foetidissima

Questions

What does stinking iris mean?
Iris foetidissima, a species of iris of Western Europe whose leaves give off a beefy smell when crushed or bruised.

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