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What is the definition of an iris?

Updated: 11/23/2022
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Dezziebaby

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if you're talking about the eye the definition is

The circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.

Classical Mythology:

a messenger of the gods, regarded as the goddess of the rainbow.

also, in Spanish it means rainbow.

Iris is also a flower.

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