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Orris
Definition:
(n.) A plant of the genus Iris (I. Florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets.
(n.) A sort of gold or silver lace.
(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Icelandic winner, Orri Vigfusson, is credited by the jury for "preventing the seemingly inevitable decimation of wild north Atlantic salmon populations".
(2) Willie Corduff, from Rossport in Ireland, and Icelander Orri Vigfusson will be among six campaigners who will receive the Goldman Environmental prize at a ceremony at the San Francisco opera house this evening.