1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TIGER-FLOWER, known botanically as Tigridia, a genus of bulbous plants (natural order Iridaceae), natives of Mexico, Central America, Peru and Chile. They have long narrow plicately-veined leaves springing from the bulb and a stem bearing two or three scattered smaller leaves and above a few flowers emerging from a spathe. The flowers are spotted (whence the name tiger- flower or tiger-iris) and have free segments springing from a tube; the three large broad outer segments are concavely spreading, the three inner a…
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