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GLADIOLUS
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Irregular inflected form: gladioli
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The large central part of the breastbone
Synonyms:
corpus sternum; gladiolus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gladiolus" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("gladiolus" is a part of...):
breastbone; sternum (the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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; gladiolus; sword lily
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gladiolus" is a kind of...):
iridaceous plant (any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae)
Holonyms ("gladiolus" is a member of...):
genus Gladiolus (gladiolas)
