slender blue flag

slender blue flag
noun
: either of two irises:
a. : a dwarf iris (Iris verna)
b. : an eastern No. American iris (Iris prismatica) with stout ropy stolons and an acutely angled seed pod

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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