Bot. [mod.L., named by Ker 1805, f. Gr. τιγριδ-, variant stem of τίγρις TIGER + -IA2; so called from the spotted flowers.] Name of a genus of bulbous plants, N.O. Iridaceæ, known as Tiger-iris or Tiger-flower, esp. T. Pavonia, the Peacock Tiger-flower, a native of Mexico, Central America, and tropical S. America.
1866. in Treas. Bot.
1888. Pall Mall G., 10 Nov. I feel bound to say a word in praise of the orchid-like tigridia, a bulbous plant of about a foot in height, and whose blossoms, like those of the cistus, never last longer than a day.
