资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Orris \Or"ris\, n. [Prob. corrupted from It. ireos iris. See
{Iris}.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Iris} ({I. Florentina}); a kind of
flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of
violets.
{Orris pea} (Med.), an issue pea made from orris root.
{Orris root}, the fragrant rootstock of the orris.
Flower-de-luce \Flow"er-de-luce"\, n. [Corrupted fr.
fleur-de-lis.] (Bot.)
A genus of perennial herbs ({Iris}) with swordlike leaves and
large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but
probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French
emblem.
Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the
north temperate zone. Some of the best known are {Iris
Germanica}, {I. Florentina}, {I. Persica}, {I.
sambucina}, and the American {I. versicolor}, {I.
prismatica}, etc.