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orris - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'orris' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Orris [ n.]
- A plant of the genus Iris (I. Florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets.
- A sort of gold or silver lace.
- A peculiar pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is worked; especially, one in which the edges are ornamented with conical figures placed at equal distances, with spots between them.