Saffron is obtained from the dried styles of Crocus sativus L., a member of the iris family.

Many species in the iris family have a great economic importance in ornamental horticulture and the cut flower industry, especially Gladiolus, Freesia, Sparaxis, Iris, Tigridia ( tiger lily ), Ixia ( corn lily ), Romulea, Neomarica, Moraea ( butterfly lily ), Nemastylis, Belamcanda, Sisyrinchium ( blue-eyed grass ), Crocosmia and Trimezia.

Crocus ( plural: crocuses, croci ) is a genus in the iris family comprising about 80 species of perennials growing from corms.

* Roots, rhizomes and bulbs: Commonly used terrestrial portions in perfumery include iris rhizomes, vetiver roots, various rhizomes of the ginger family.

* Galaxia ( plant ), a genus in the iris family

Sisyrinchium ( Blue-eyed Grasses ) is a genus of 70-150 species of annual to perennial plants of the iris family, native to the New World.

* Watsonia ( plant ), a genus of flowering plants in the iris family.

Gladiolus ( from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword ) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family ( Iridaceae ).

Like other members of this family, it has a suckermouth, armor plates, strong dorsal and pectoral fin spines, and the omega iris.

Iris macrosiphon ( Bowltube Iris ) is a flowering plant in the iris family, endemic to California in the Cascade Range Foothills, north and central Sierra Nevada Foothills, Inner North Coast Ranges, and San Francisco Bay Area, where it occurs in sunny grasslands, meadows, and open woodlands.

The genus name is derived from the Greek words geos, meaning " earth ", and iris, referring to the Iris family of plants.

Planchon, 1851 ) is a small genus of flowering plants in the iris family, Iridaceae.

The Purple Emperor ( Apatura iris ) is a Eurasian butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

The Illyrian Iris ( Iris illyrica ) is a perennial plant from the iris family ( Iridaceae ), that grows up to 40 cm in height.

Iris pseudacorus ( yellow flag, yellow iris ) is a species in the genus Iris, of the family Iridaceae.

* Larentia ( plant ), a plant genus in the iris family

In The iris contains two groups of smooth muscles ; a circular group called the sphincter pupillae, and a radial group called the dilator pupillae.

The iris contains two sets of muscles:

Her face contains light alabaster skin, yet has dark hair, and her eyes are dark in the iris in contrast with the white of her eye.

Iridology ( also known as iridodiagnosis or iridiagnosis is an alternative medicine technique whose proponents claim that patterns, colors, and other characteristics of the iris can be examined to determine information about a patient's systemic health.

The television camera on Surveyor 3 consisted of a vidicon tube, two 25 and 100 millimeter focal length lenses, shutters, filters, and an iris mounted along an axis inclined about 16 degrees to the central axis of the spacecraft.

For maximum effective light-gathering and brightest image, the exit pupil should equal the diameter of the fully dilated iris of the human eye — about 7 mm, reducing with age.

* The Circular contraction folds, also known as contraction furrows, are a series of circular bands or folds about midway between the collarette and the origin of the iris.

Iridology ( also known as iridodiagnosis ) is an alternative medicine technique whose proponents believe that patterns, colors and other characteristics of the iris can be examined to determine information about a patient's systemic health.

The basilisk has mackled blue spots and a yellow iris, on average measures 70 to 75 mm ( 2. 8 – 3. 0 in ), and weighs about 80 grams ( 3. 2 oz ).

Nail inspection can give a great deal of information about the internal working of the body as well, and like tongue or iris inspection, has a long history of diagnostic use in traditional medical practices such as Chinese medicine.

For maximum effective light-gathering and brightest image, the exit pupil should equal the diameter of the fully dilated iris of the human eye — about 7 mm, reducing with age.

The term refers to the iris being rather small, so that it only covers about two-thirds or less of the vertical axis of the eye ; e. g. delineate an eye into four portions ; the iris would only occupy one portion of the divided four sections ; thus leaving the other three in white, hence " three whites ".

Most European reed beds are composed mainly of the large wetland grass common reed ( Phragmites australis ), but also include many other tall monocotyledons adapted to growing in wet conditions – other grasses such as reed sweet-grass ( Glyceria maxima ), Canary reed-grass ( Phalaris arundinacea ) and small-reed ( Calamagrostis species ), large sedges ( species of Carex, Scirpus, Schoenoplectus, Cladium and related genera ), yellow flag iris ( Iris pseudacorus ), reed-mace (" bulrush " – Typha species ), water-plantains ( Alisma species ), and flowering rush ( Butomus umbellatus ).

During summer, the Great Auk developed a wide white eye patch over the eye, which had a hazel or chestnut iris.

As the bird attains full maturity over the course of 3 – 4 years, the iris slowly darkens into a reddish-brown hue.

It is responsible for powering the professional video camera, handling signals sent over the camera cable ( multicore cable, triax or fiber ) to and from the camera, and can be used to control various camera parameters such as iris remotely.

In daylight, when the eye's pupil is only 4 mm in diameter, over half the light will be blocked by the iris and will not reach the retina.

Typical iris-perfumes ( where the compound of the ingredient prevails over the other components ) are: " Orris Noir " by the London based perfume house Ormonde Jayne Perfumery, " Infusion d ' iris "( Prada *); " Tumulte "( Christian Lacroix *); " Aqua di Parma "* and " Iris nobile "( Aqua di Parma *); " Irisia "( Creed *); " Y "( Yves Saint Laurent *) and " Vol de nuit "( Guerlain *).

The iris is usually strongly pigmented, with colors ranging from brown to green, blue, grey, and hazel ( which is how it earned its name, iris being Greek for " rainbow " 1 ).

The FBI is spending $ 1 billion to build a new biometric database, which will store DNA, facial recognition data, iris / retina ( eye ) data, fingerprints, palm prints, and other biometric data of people living in the United States.

To immobilize the iris and decrease pain, one may find tropane alkaloids effective, particularly scopolamine and atropine in. 25 % and 1 % concentrations respectively.

Sony has made it to market ( December 2005 ) with the Sony-VPL-VW100 or " Ruby " projector, using SXRD, 3 LCoS chips each with a native resolution of 1920 × 1080, with a stated contrast ratio of 15, 000: 1 using a dynamic iris.

* ( Q13. 1 ) Aniridia — a rare congenital eye condition leading to underdevelopment or even absence of the iris of the eye

( If a stage manager were to call every cue for a follow spot operator it might sound something like this: " Spot 1, pick up < actor name >, spot 2 iris down, spot 1 switch to color frame # 4, spot 3 douse out, spot 4 pick up < actor name >, spot 2 switch to color frame # 2.

* Juno ( plant ), a term for bulbous iris species from subgenus Scorpiris, an independent genus Juno in some classifications

These species include the bailer shell Melo, the giant clam Tridacna, various scallop species, Pen shells Pinna, and the Haliotis iris species of abalone.

In several species the iris is red in the males and brown-red in the females, and in species with tail-streamers these may be slightly longer in males.

Autosomal recessive / dominant traits in iris color are inherent in other species but coloration can follow a different pattern.

Striking variation within the same iris is also common in some animals, and is the norm in some species.

* Waterlogged or poorly drained land is indicated by the presence of species such as mosses, creeping buttercup and horsetail, or bog loving plants including sedges, rushes, marsh marigold, marsh orchid or flag iris.

It has all-black plumage, beak and legs with a white iris, as do the other Corvus members in Australia and some species from the islands to the north.

It has the typical white iris of the other Australasian Corvus species but can be distinguished from most ( except the Little Crow ) by the base of the head and neck feathers being snow white ( revealed when blown by a strong wind ).

It has the same white iris that distinguish the Australian species from all other Corvus except a few island species to the north of Australia, and one from Eurasia, the Jackdaw ( Corvus monedula ).

Like the Australian Raven, this species usually has a blue ring around the pupil and sometimes one around the very outer edge of the white iris too.

It has all-black plumage, beak and legs with a white iris, as do the other Corvus members in Australia and some species from the islands to the north.

This is not just due to the white color of the human sclera, which many other species share, but also to the fact that the human iris is relatively small and comprises a significantly smaller portion of the exposed eye surface compared to other animals.

This and the Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis are the only stork species that show marked sexual dimorphism in iris colour.

* Flag iris ( disambiguation ) or flag, various species in North America

Unusually for bony fish, many species have a modified iris called an omega iris.

The presence or absence of the iris operculum can also be used for identification of species in the subfamily Loricariinae.