Orris definitions

ôr'ĭs, ŏr'-
Any of several species of iris having a fragrant rootstock, especially Iris pallida and cultivars of the hybrid species I. xgermanica.
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The fragrant rootstock of an orris, used chiefly in perfumes.
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Any of several European irises, esp. a white-flowered species (Iris florentina) whose rootstocks yield orrisroot.
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Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially Iris × germanica.
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The fragrant root of such an iris.
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A type of gold or silver lace.

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A 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.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Origin of orris

Probably alteration of Middle English yreos from Medieval Latin alteration of Latin īris iris

Sentence Examples

  • heliotrope blended with lower tones of cinnamon, orris and jasmine.

  • orris root was said to be a common allergen (Greenberg & Lester 1954 ).

  • orris root powder and ground cinnamon and roll the orange in these spices.

  • They represent a large number of classes of substances of which the most important are: (1) Hydrocarbons, such as pinene in oil of turpentine, camphene in citronella oil, limonene in lemon and orange-peel oils, caryophyllene in clove oil and cumene in oil of thyme; (2) ketones, such as camphor from the camphor tree, and irone which occurs in orris root; (3) phenols, such as eugenol in clove oil, thymol in thyme oil, saffrol in sassafras oil, anethol in anise oil; (4) aldehydes, such as citral and citronellal, the most important constituents of lemon oil and lemon-grass oil, benzaldehyde in the oil of bitter almonds, cinnamic aldehyde in cassia oil, vanillin in gum benzoin and heliotropin in the spiraea oil, &c.; (5) alcohols and their esters, such as geraniol (rhodinol) in rose oil and geranium oil, linalool, occurring in bergamot and lavender oils, and as the acetic ester in rose oil, terpineol in cardamom oil, menthol in peppermint oil, eucalyptol in eucalyptus oil and borneol in rosemary oil and Borneo camphor; (6) acids and their anhydrides, such as cinnamic acid in Peru balsam and coumarin in woodruff; and (7) nitrogenous compounds, such as mustard oil, indol in jasmine oil and anthranilic methyl-ester in neroli and jasmine oils.

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