iris vs yellow iris

yellow iris vs iris

iris and yellow iris both are nouns.

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

As nouns, yellow iris is a hyponym of iris; that is, yellow 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
yellow iris: common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated

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, 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.

iris (noun)	yellow iris (noun)
diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening	common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated
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 yellow iris

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