fleur-de-lis vs gladdon iris

gladdon iris vs fleur-de-lis

fleur-de-lis and gladdon iris both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fleur-de-lis	Yes	No	No	No
gladdon iris	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gladdon iris is a hyponym of fleur-de-lis; that is, gladdon iris 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
gladdon iris: iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa

Other hyponyms of fleur-de-lis include bearded iris, beardless iris, bulbous iris, dwarf iris, Iris cristata, gladdon, 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 versicolor, Iris virginica, southern blue flag, English iris, Iris xiphioides.

fleur-de-lis (noun)	gladdon iris (noun)
(heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris	iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa
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 gladdon iris

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