fleur-de-lis vs Iris versicolor

Iris versicolor vs fleur-de-lis

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

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

As nouns, Iris versicolor is a hyponym of fleur-de-lis; that is, Iris versicolor 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 versicolor: a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally

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, Iris pseudacorus, yellow flag, yellow iris, yellow water flag, dwarf iris, Iris verna, vernal iris, blue flag, Iris virginica, southern blue flag, English iris, Iris xiphioides.

fleur-de-lis (noun)	Iris versicolor (noun)
(heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris	a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally
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 versicolor

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