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Gladiolus

//ɡlædɪˈəʊləs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The center part of the sternum.
  2. 2
    the large central part of the breastbone wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.

    "Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli."

  4. 4
    any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated wordnet

Etymology

From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).

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