fleur-de-lis vs Iris pseudacorus

Iris pseudacorus vs fleur-de-lis

fleur-de-lis and Iris pseudacorus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fleur-de-lis	Yes	No	No	No
Iris pseudacorus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Iris pseudacorus is a hyponym of fleur-de-lis; that is, Iris pseudacorus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fleur-de-lis:

fleur-de-lis: plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
Iris pseudacorus: common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated

Other hyponyms of fleur-de-lis include bearded iris, beardless iris, bulbous iris, dwarf iris, Iris cristata, gladdon, gladdon iris, Iris foetidissima, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking iris, Iris persica, Persian iris, yellow flag, yellow iris, yellow water flag, dwarf iris, Iris verna, vernal iris, blue flag, Iris versicolor, Iris virginica, southern blue flag, English iris, Iris xiphioides.

fleur-de-lis (noun)	Iris pseudacorus (noun)
(heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris	common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

Difference between fleur-de-lis and Iris pseudacorus

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