Orris may refer to:

People

Peter Orris Peter Orris (born 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an American political activist, Medical Doctor and Professor and Chief of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital and Health Sciences System ...

Orris C. Herfindahl Orris Clemens Herfindahl (June 15, 1918 in Parshall, North Dakota - December 16, 1972 while traveling in Nepal) was an economist who studied natural resources. However, he is mainly known as the inventor of a concentration index (the Herfindahl i ...

Orris Pratt Orris Pratt was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, serving one term. Born in Michigan, he moved to Wisconsin as a child with his family. He followed his father into farming and politics. Biography Orris Pratt was born on September 18, 1837 ...

Places

Adam Orris House Adam Orris House is a historic home located at Mechanicsburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1887, and is a three-story, rectangular brick building in the Second Empire style. It features a tin mansard roof, projecting ...

Orris Baragwanath Pass Orrie Baragwanath Pass is situated in the Limpopo Province on the unnumbered road between Ofcolaco and Lebowakgomo (South Africa). The pass has a steep paved ascent from the east up the slopes of the far northern Drakensberg mountains to a height ...

Other uses

Orris root Orris root (''rhizoma iridis'') is the root of ''Iris germanica'' and ''Iris pallida''. It had the common name of Queen Elizabeth Root. Constituent chemicals The most valued component of orris root is oil of orris (0.1–0.2%), a yellow-whit ...

Orris oil Orris oil (orris butter or Beurre d'Iris) is an essential oil derived from irises, particularly ''Iris germanica''. It is sometimes used as a flavoring agent and as an ingredient in perfume production. It can also have uses in body lotions. Sto ...

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