blue iris

Garden perennial blossom

Blue iris most commonly refers to a flowering plant of the genus Iris with blue or purple-blue petals, prized in gardens for its striking color and sword-shaped leaves: The blue irises bloomed along the fence in early summer.

The phrase can also describe the colored part of a person's eye when it happens to be blue: She had a distinctive blue iris in her left eye.

Related
  • violetSmall five-petaled wildflower
  • flowerPlant's reproductive organ
  • flower bedPrepared soil for planting
  • petalBloom's colorful segment
  • purpleHue between crimson and azure

garden · bloom · perennial · eye · pupil · cornea · bearded · bulb · spring · delicate · fleur-de-lis · lavender · indigo · water · pond · Gershwin · azure · cobalt

Categories
Opposites
color warmth

blue irisyellow iris

Wetland bloom, golden petals

bearded iris · purple iris

eye color spectrum

blue irisbrown eyes

Dark-pigmented irises

flower type

blue irisred rose

Crimson flower of romance

sunflower · red poppy

Family

blue, iris, blues, blued, bluing, bluish, blueness, bluer, bluest

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G