kamet
- n a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high)
katsina
- n a city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people
iris
- n plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- n muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
- n diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
iris cristata
- n low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States
iris diaphragm
- n diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
iris family
- n large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
irridentism
- n the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related
iris florentina
- n German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome
iris foetidissima
- n iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa
iris germanica
- n a large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern Europe