小鸢尾属植物中几种南非植物的任何一种具有草状叶子和成簇的、艳丽的、多种颜色的、象百合一样的花朵；现被广泛种植

• any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lilylike flowers; widely cultivated