iris vs gladdon iris

gladdon iris vs iris

iris and gladdon iris both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
iris	Yes	No	No	No
gladdon iris	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gladdon iris is a hyponym of iris; that is, gladdon iris is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than iris:

iris: 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 iris 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.

iris (noun)	gladdon iris (noun)
diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening	iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa
muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

Difference between iris and gladdon iris

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