Iridaceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Iridaceous \Ir`i*da"ceous\, Irideous \I*rid"e*ous\, a. [From NL.
     Iris, Iridis, the Iris.] (Bot.)
     Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of
     endogenous plants ({Iridace[ae]}), which includes the genera
     {Iris}, {Ixia}, {Crocus}, {Gladiolus}, and many others.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  iridaceous
       adj : of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the
             family Iridaceae