fleur-de-lis vs yellow iris

yellow iris vs fleur-de-lis

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

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

As nouns, yellow iris is a hyponym of fleur-de-lis; that is, yellow 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
yellow iris: 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, Iris pseudacorus, yellow flag, 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)	yellow iris (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 yellow iris

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