iris vs stinking iris

stinking iris vs iris

iris and stinking iris both are nouns.

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

As nouns, stinking iris is a hyponym of iris; that is, stinking 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
stinking 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, 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.

iris (noun)	stinking 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 stinking iris

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