Persian iris
now rare
noun
An iris of the Juno group, Iris persica, native from Asia Minor to Iran.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Evelyn (1620–1706), diarist and writer.
- savior
- savior's blanket
- savior's flannel
- saviour
- saviouress
- saviour's blanket
- saviour's flannel
- saviourship
- saviour sibling
- Savi's warbler
- savoir faire
- savoir vivre
- Savonarola, Girolamo
- Savonarolan
- savonette
- Savonius
- Savonlinna
- Savonnerie carpet
- savonnette
- savor
- savorable
- savorous
- savory
- savory-leaved
- savory oil