fleur-de-lis vs stinking iris

stinking iris vs fleur-de-lis

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

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

As nouns, stinking iris is a hyponym of fleur-de-lis; that is, stinking 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
stinking 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, gladdon iris, Iris foetidissima, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, 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)	stinking 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 stinking iris

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