Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Botany Any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus, native chiefly to tropical and southern Africa and having sword-shaped leaves and showy, variously colored, irregular flowers arranged in one-sided spikes. Also called sword lily.
- n. Anatomy The large middle section of the sternum.
Wiktionary
- n. anatomy The center part of the sternum.
- n. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.
Etymologies
- From Latin gladiolus ("little sword, sword lily"), diminutive of gladius ("sword"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English gladiol, from Latin gladiolus, wild iris, diminutive of gladius, sword; see gladiator. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Neuhauser won the first national bee in 1925, acing the word "gladiolus" - which happened to be a kind of flower his family grew back home in Louisville, Ky.”
“Neuhauser won in 1925 with the word "gladiolus" and Bell won in 1926 with the "cerise," so bee officials placed an arrangement of cerise-colored gladioli at the base of the trophy pedestal onstage.”
“WASHINGTON - Frank Neuhauser, who in 1925 won the first U.S. national spelling bee with the word "gladiolus," has died.”
“Frank Neuhauser, who in 1925 won the first national spelling bee with the word "gladiolus," has died.”
“Plant summer bulbs such as gladiolus, dahlias and lilies.”
“Laura is gone, to the sadness of her family, her Ladies in White and of every gladiolus that has grown and will ever grow over the length and breadth of this island.”
The Huffington Post: Yoani Sanchez: Laura Pollan, Lady in White, Dies in Havana
“Frank Neuhauser: First National Spelling Champ Frank Neuhauser may have had a bigger challenge spelling his own name than the winning word of the first national spelling bee: gladiolus.”
The Wall Street Journal: Tycoon Churned Out Doctors in Caribbean
“The flowers I remember from growing up were old-fashioned summer flowers: marigolds, zinnias, calendula, gladiolus, nasturtium, hollyhocks.”
“Thrips feed by sucking the juice out of the leaves and flowers of plants, like vegan mosquitoes, and cause white emaciated damage (see this illustration of gladiolus thrips, by USDA illustrator Art Cushman).”
The Huffington Post: Dave Snyder: Uncommon Ground Rooftop Farm Update: Week 5
“But he hoped he at least would earn a point or two for using lilies, freesias, delphiniums and gladiolus.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gladiolus’.
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color (multi)
tiara's color lists rebuilt :)
( visual, colors, multi, descriptive, randomness )pastel, rainbow, gemstone, crystals, ore, minerals, elements, neon, northern lights, fur, sunset, sunrise and 98 more...
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roots of beauty
aesthetics, tuberose, gladiolus, actaeon, scammony, symmetry, philocaly, elegant, callisteia, kalology, resplendence, beauteousness and 23 more...
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Anatomically Correct
canthus, vibrissa, femoral, sphenoid, dura mater, pia mater, epiglottis, glottis, mons veneris, plaque, tibia, ulna and 96 more...
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My Little Ponies 3
A list of My Little Pony names from the G3 collection. 2003-present
wysteria, rainbow dash, sweetberry, sunny daze, kimono, minty, pinkie pie, sparkleworks, star swirl, autumn skye, butterscotch, moondancer and 361 more...
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Flora
fenugreek, verbena, saxifrage, arbutus, calendula, nasturtium, lobelia, hellebore, rhododendron, philodendron, bellflower, heuchera and 449 more...
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
absinthe, acacia, acorn, alabaster, alesan, almond, aloma, amaranth, amber, amethyst, anemone, anil and 821 more...
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Flowers/plants
yarrow, chicory, black-eyed susan, goldenrod, bluebell, columbine, prickly pear, periwinkle, myrtle, forget-me-not, trillium, celadine and 61 more...
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to bee or not to bee
The omission of a sound, letter, or syllable from a word.
gladiolus, abrogate, luxuriance, albumen, asceticism, fracas, foulard, knack, propitiatory, deteriorating, intelligible, interning and 69 more...
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Winter 12
intermezzo, mackintosh, meretricious, fulgurant, rubescent, predella, oubliette, minaret, muezzin, leveret, volute, ortolan and 69 more...
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Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening: ...
being things I remember from my mother's gardens, including flower, vegetable and shrubbery.
poppy, foxglove, snapdragon, iris, marigold, lily, clematis, rose, peony, nasturtium, petunia, phlox and 58 more...
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Scripps National Spelling Bee Winners
Since 1925.
gladiolus, cerise, luxuriance, albumen, asceticism, fracas, foulard, knack, torsion, deteriorating, intelligible, interning and 73 more...
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