Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gladiolus.—
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also
corn flag .
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The flowering Rush, or water gladiole, which grows by the banks of rivers is called botanically "butomus," from the Greek, _bous_, an ox, and _temno_, to cut, because the sharp edges of the erect three-cornered leaf-blades wound the cattle which come in contact with them, or try to eat them.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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