Orris is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ORRIS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the Florentine or other iris; its dried rootstock smelling of violets, used in perfumery, also ORRICE
• a preparation of the fragrant rootstock of an iris, used in perfumery and formerly in medicine.
• kind of iris
• A plant of the genus Iris (I. Florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets.
• A sort of gold or silver lace.
• A peculiar 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.
• German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome
• fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a flowering plant

Words related to ORRIS

orrice8 orrises7

How to use ORRIS in a sentence

• It requires considerable time to drain away, and, to prevent loss, the remainder of the orris should be placed in the tincture press.
• The extract of tonquin, like extract of orris and extract of vanilla, is never sold pure, but is only used in the manufacture of compound perfumes.
• If also two ounces of powdered orris root is added and well mixed in with the dried petals the fragrance and permanence are improved.
• Also foment to get out the child, with a decoction of mercury, orris, wild cucumbers, saecus, broom flowers.
• No, there were her two little cambric pocket-handkerchiefs, remotely suggestive of orris, and bearing her monogram delicately wrought and characteristic.

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