tigress (tigres)

[F. tigre e; as tiger + -e .] A female tiger. tigretier (te-gre-tia), n. [F.] In Aby in i a, disease resembling the dancing mania. Tigridia (ti-grid'i-a), n. [NL. (Ker, 1805), so called from the spotted flowers; plants, of the order Irideæ and tribe Moræex. ments, the three inner ones much smaller, obtuse, and It is characterized by flowers with free-spreading seg undulate, and two-parted style-branches with awl-shaped lobes. The 7 species are natives of Mexico, Central America, Peru, and Chili. They are bulbous plants with a few narrow or plicate leaves and one or two terminal spathes, prized for their few singular but evanescent flowers. See tiger-flower. tigrine (tī'grin), a. [L. tigrinus, tigrina. Also tigerine. Tigris (ti'gris), n. [NL.,