2. The rainbow. Sir T. Browne.
3. An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors. Tennyson.
4. (Anat.)
Defn: The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.
5. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.
6. (Her.)
Defn: See Fleur-de-lis, 2.
IRISATED
I"ris*a`ted, a. Etym: [See Iris.]
Defn: Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent. W.
Phillips.