īrĭnus

a, um, adj.
I. of or belonging to the plant iris, iris-: sucus, Plin. 30, 14, 43, § 142: unguentum, Cels. 5, 18, 8. — Hence, subst.: īrĭnum, i, n., ointment made from the iris, iris-ointment, Cels. 3, 18; Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182.

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Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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