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I believe the answer is:

iris

(Other definitions for iris that I've seen before include "is 21[WOMAN], perhaps" , "Garden flower - part of eye" , "Part of the eye, usually brown or blue" , "Fleur-de-lis" , "who keeps pupil in?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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