orris : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: orris	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for orris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orris n German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome Synonym(s): Florentine iris, orris, Iris germanica florentina, Iris florentina fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines Synonym(s): orrisroot, orris
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orris \Or"ris\, n. [Prob. corrupted from It. ireos iris. See {Iris}.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Iris} ({I. Florentina}); a kind of flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets. {Orris pea} (Med.), an issue pea made from orris root. {Orris root}, the fragrant rootstock of the orris.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orris \Or"ris\, n. 1. [Contr. from orfrays, or from arras.] A sort of gold or silver lace. --Johnson. 2. 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.