Usually means: Root used in perfumery, flavoring.
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  1. orris: Merriam-Webster
  2. orris: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. orris: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. orris: Collins English Dictionary
  5. orris: Vocabulary.com
  6. Orris, orris: Wordnik
  7. orris: Wiktionary
  8. orris: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. orris: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. orris: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Orris, orris: Dictionary.com
  12. Orris: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Orris: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. orris: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. orris: Rhymezone
  16. Orris: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. orris: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. orris: FreeDictionary.org
  19. orris: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. orris: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. orris: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. orris: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  1. the orris: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Orris)

noun:  Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially Iris × germanica.
noun:  The fragrant root of such an iris.
noun:  A type of gold or silver lace.
noun:  A 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.
noun:  A surname transferred from the given name.

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