orris

• ⇰ A plant of the genus <gen>Iris</gen> (<spn>Iris Florentina</spn>); 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.