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Gladiolus   /glˌædiˈoʊləs/   Listen
Gladiolus

noun
(pl. L. gladioli, E. gladioluses)
1.
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.  Synonyms: glad, gladiola, sword lily.
2.
The large central part of the breastbone.  Synonym: corpus sternum.



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"Gladiolus" Quotes from Famous Books



... flavor of the ordinary fruit; the world-famed Shasta daisy, which is a combination of the Japanese daisy, the English daisy and the common field daisy, and which has a blossom seven inches in diameter; a dahlia deprived of its unpleasant odor and the scent of the magnolia blossom substituted; a gladiolus which blooms around the entire stem like a hyacinth instead of the old way on one side only; many kinds of lilies with chalices and petals different from the ordinary, and exhaling perfumes as varied as those of Oriental ...
— Marvels of Modern Science • Paul Severing

... little garden, where mignonette, stocks, and tobacco plants were in flower, and spikes of early gladiolus were just opening. Yartsev and Kotchevoy could see from Yulia's face that she was passing through a happy period of inward peace and serenity, that she wanted nothing but what she had, and they, too, had a feeling of peace and comfort in their ...
— The Darling and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

... near of access to places where their food is abundant and there is a supply of fresh water. If there is no natural supply of food available you should plant such things as best serve bees for pasture, namely: roses, thyme, bee balm,[209] poppies, beans, lentils, peas, basil, gladiolus, alfalfa, and especially clover which is of great service to the bees which are sick, for it begins to bloom at the vernal equinox and lasts until that of autumn. As clover is the best food for sick bees, so thyme ...
— Roman Farm Management - The Treatises Of Cato And Varro • Marcus Porcius Cato

... dismissed and the last noisy youngster had gone storming forth Helen went down the hall to her friend's room. Madame came swaying out carrying a bunch of gay spiked gladiolus, her draperies floating about her with cherubs peeping from their folds, like a ...
— The End of the Rainbow • Marian Keith

... her face—of passion, of genius, of power; a face as much out of place over the gates of a farm as a stately gladiolus would be among daisies and buttercups. An artist looking for a model of some great queen who had conquered the world, for some great heroine for whom men had fought madly and died, might have chosen her. But in a farmyard! there are ...
— A Mad Love • Bertha M. Clay



Words linked to "Gladiolus" :   sword lily, corpus sternum, gladiola, bone, sternum, iridaceous plant, breastbone, genus Gladiolus, glad, os



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