This gladiolus is perennial: it flowers every year without needing any special attention.
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Gladiolus
//ɡlædɪˈəʊləs//
Synonyms for "gladiolus" (4 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Translations
39 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μαχαιρόφυλλον noun (plant)
- ξίφιον noun (plant)
Armenian
1 entries- թրաշուշան noun (plant)
Belarusian
1 entries- гладыёлус noun (plant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- гладиола noun (plant)
Catalan
1 entries- gladiol noun (plant)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 劍蘭 /剑兰 noun (plant)
Czech
1 entries- mečík noun (plant)
Dutch
2 entries- gladiool noun (plant)
- zwaardlelie noun (plant)
Finnish
2 entries- miekkalilja noun (plant)
- rintalastan runko noun (center part of the sternum)
French
1 entries- glaïeul noun (plant)
German
1 entries- Gladiole noun (plant)
Greek
2 entries- γλαδίολος noun (plant)
- γλαδιόλα noun (plant)
Hungarian
1 entries- kardvirág noun (plant)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Santeritte noun (plant)
Italian
1 entries- gladiolo noun (plant)
Japanese
1 entries- グラジオラス noun (plant)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- vēukōi tāupūo noun (plant)
Latin
1 entries- gladiolus noun (plant)
Macedonian
1 entries- гладио́ла noun (plant)
Polish
2 entries- gladiola noun (plant)
- mieczyk noun (plant)
Portuguese
2 entries- gladíolo noun (plant)
- mesosterno noun (center part of the sternum)
Romanian
1 entries- gladiolă noun (plant)
Russian
2 entries- гладио́лус noun (plant)
- шпа́жник noun (plant)
Spanish
4 entries- cuerpo del esternón noun (center part of the sternum)
- estoque noun (plant)
- gladiolo noun (plant)
- gladíolo noun (plant)
Swedish
1 entries- gladiolus noun (plant)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гладіо́лус noun (plant)
- коса́рик noun (plant)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lay ơn noun (plant)
Sample sentences
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The gladiolus comes principally from South Africa, where about fifty species have been discovered.
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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.
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