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<botany> A plant of the genus Iris (I. Florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odour resembling that of violets.
<medicine> Orris pea, an issue pea made from orris root. Orris root, the fragrant rootstock of the orris.
Origin: Prob. Corrupted from It. Ireos iris. See Iris.
(01 Mar 1998)
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