SNAKE'S-HEAD IRIS

Meaning of SNAKE'S-HEAD IRIS in English

noun

: a tuberous herb ( Iris tuberosus ) of the Mediterranean region having flowers that resemble a serpent's open mouth

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

IRIS — Iris npr [Gr. Relig.] Iris; iris iris (1. rainbow; 2. iris of the eye; 3. [Bot.]; also: orris); diaphragma iris …
Interlingua English vocab
SNAKE — I Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Английский словарь Британика
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk, dial ˈsnek noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IRIS — I. ˈīrə̇s noun ( plural iris·es -rə̇sə̇z ; or iri·des ˈirəˌdēz, ˈīr-) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek (basic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEAD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAKE — — snakelike , adj. /snayk/ , n. , v. , snaked, snaking . n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IRIS — /uy"ris/ , n. , pl. irises, irides /ir"i deez', uy"ri-/ , v. n. 1. Anat. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAD — — headlike , adj. /hed/ , n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE — v. twist or wind like a snake; move like a snake, move in a sinuous manner, glide; drag
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to Old Norse snakr snake, Old High German snahhan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IRIS — I. ˈī-rəs noun ( plural iris·es also iri·des ˈī-rə-ˌdēz, ˈir-ə-) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin irid-, iris rainbow, iris plant, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEAD
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAKE — vi to crawl like a snake. 2. snake ·vt to drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; …
Webster English vocab
IRIS — noun ·see fleur-de-lis, 2. 2. iris ·noun the rainbow. 3. iris ·add. ·noun inner circle of an oscillated color spot. …
Webster English vocab
HEAD
Webster English vocab
IRIS — ■ noun 1》 a flat, coloured, ring-shaped membrane behind the cornea of the eye, with an adjustable circular opening (pupil) …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SNAKE — [snake] n [ME, fr. OE snaca; akin to ON snakr snake, OHG snahhan to crawl] (bef. 12c) 1: any of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
IRIS — [iris] n, pl iris.es or iri.des [ME, fr. L irid-, iris rainbow, iris plant, fr. Gk, rainbow, iris plant, iris …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNAKE — also called serpent, any member of the reptile group Serpentes, with the Sauria (lizards) and Amphisbaenia (wormlike amphisbaenians), one of …
Britannica English vocabulary
IRIS — in anatomy, pigmented muscular curtain at the front of the eye, between the cornea and the lens and perforated by …
Britannica English vocabulary
IRIS — in Greek mythology, the personification of the rainbow and a messenger of the gods. According to the Greek poet Hesiod, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNAKE — snake, Snake BrE AmE sneɪk ▷ snaked sneɪkt ▷ snakes sneɪks ▷ snaking ˈsneɪk ɪŋ ▶ ˈ snake ˌ charmer …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
IRIS — iris, Iris BrE AmE ˈaɪ ə r ɪs § -əs ▷ irises, Iris's ˈaɪ ə r ɪs ɪz § -əs-, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SNAKE — / sneɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a reptile with a very long thin body and no legs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IRIS — / ˈaɪrɪs; NAmE / noun 1. the round coloured part that surrounds the pupil of your eye —picture at eye …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAD
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAKE — I. snake 1 /sneɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: snaca ] 1 . an animal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IRIS — i ‧ ris /ˈaɪərəs, ˈaɪərɪs $ ˈaɪrəs/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: Greek …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEAD
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
IRIS — n. 1 the flat circular coloured membrane behind the cornea of the eye, with a circular opening (pupil) in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNAKE — n. & v. n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
IRIS — n. 1 the flat circular coloured membrane behind the cornea of the eye, with a circular opening (pupil) in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAD — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1. a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Oxford English vocab
IRIS — n.1 the flat circular coloured membrane behind the cornea of the eye, with a circular opening (pupil) in the centre. …
Oxford English vocab
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Oxford English vocab
IRIS — ( irises) 1. The iris is the round coloured part of a person’s eye. N-COUNT 2. An iris is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAD — ( heads, heading, headed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Head' is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAKE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES garter snake grass snake poisonous snake ▪ She was bitten on the ankle by …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
S
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IRIS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES iris scan EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A useful group of iris with clumps of grassy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SNAKE — n. black snake coral snake garter snake hognose snake indigo snake king snake rat snake sea snake Snake River water …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE — n. Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly ▪ one of the world's deadliest ~s ▪ poisonous , venomous ▪ giant , huge …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
IRIS — noun Iris is used before these nouns: ↑ scan , ↑ stem
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. 25B6; noun the snake shed its skin : poetic/literary serpent; Zoology ophidian; Austral./NZ rhyming slang Joe Blake. See list. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE — n. 1 reptile, serpent, ophidian, viper A specialist in snakes is called a herpetologist 2 snake in the grass, traitor, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
IRIS — [Greek] In Greek mythology, Iris is the personified goddess of the rainbow. She is regarded as the messenger of the …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
SNAKE — сущ. 1) змея apoisonous, venomous snake ≈ ядовитая змея snakes bite, strike snake ≈ змеи кусают snakes coil ≈ змеи …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
IRIS — сущ. 1) анат. радужная оболочка (глаза) iris diaphragm 2) радуга Syn : rainbow 3) бот. ирис, касатик (анатомия) радужная оболочка …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HEAD
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE — snake.ogg 1. sneık n 1. зоол. змея ( Serpentes gen. ) constricting snakes - удавы ( Boinae ) chicken snake …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HEAD
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IRIS — 1) диафрагма ( в волноводе ) 2) ирисовая диафрагма • - adjustable coupling iris - capacitive iris - lens iris …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
HEAD
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
IRIS — 1) диафрагма (в волноводе) 2) ирисовая диафрагма • - adjustable coupling iris - capacitive iris - lens iris - motorized iris
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
HEAD
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
IRIS — 1) ирисовый 2) радуга 3) радужка 4) радужная оболочка глаза • - power-dividing iris
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SNAKE — snake сущ.1) змея a poisonous, venomous snake — ядовитая змея a harmless snake — безвредная змея snakes bite, strike — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
IRIS — iris сущ.1) анат. радужная оболочка (глаза) - iris diaphragm 2) радуга Syn:rainbow 3) бот. ирис, касатик
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Webster's New International English Dictionary

← SNAKE'S-HEAD SNAKESKIN→