This beautiful flower is part of the kingdom plantae, division Magnoliophyta, class Liliopsida, order Asparagales, family Iridaceae, and genus Iris. Because Iris is the messenger of love in Greeks myths the iris flower has many meanings, depending on its color. For example the blue iris symbolizes faith and hope, the purple iris wisdom and compliments and so on.
Ironclad warship. An ironclad is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century.[1] The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells.
Definition of ironclad. 1  1 : sheathed in iron armor âused especially of naval vessels. 2  2 : so firm or secure as to be unbreakable: such asa : binding an ironclad oathb : having no obvious weakness an ironclad case against the defendant.