Irises

Iris:

  • a thin, circular structure in the eye
  • the 2001 film about Iris Murdoch, British novelist
  • the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods, also known as one of the goddesses of the sea and the sky
  • a genus of praying mantis
  • a lesser-known psychedelic drug and a substituted amphetamine
  • a shade of colour ranging from blue-violet to violet
  • a genus of 260 -300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers