Blue flag (4 letters)

{ Answer }

IRIS

{ Related Clues }

Flag
Rainbow
Author Murdoch
Camera diaphragm
Eye part
Flag, horticulturally
Garden bloom
Glad family
Novelist Murdoch
Photographer's diaphragm
Pupil controller
Pupil surrounder
Pupil's place
Rainbow flower
Rainbow goddess
Spring flower
Writer Murdoch
Bit of eye makeup
Fleur-de-lis
Pale purple shade
Yellow water flag

{ Tags }

bearded, bloom, bloomer, blue, colored, eye, flag, flower, garden, goddess, iris, murdoch, part, place, pupil, pupils, rainbow, showy, spring, state, yellow

{ Notes }

The answer IRIS is very common and appears about once every 48.5 puzzles.

{ Definition }

IRIS as a noun:

1. (iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily) = plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

2. muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil; it forms the colored portion of the eye

3. (iris, iris diaphragm) = diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening