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Meanings of gladiolus in English

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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.

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The large central part of the breastbone.

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Usage of gladiolus in English
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The purple gladiolus glows through all its green fields in early spring.
Val d'Arno / Ten Lectures on the Tuscan Art Directly Antecedent ...
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To-day I would forget my loved one, to recall only the gladiolus.
Romance of the Rabbit
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Broom, and cytisus, and hawthorn mingled with roses, gladiolus, and sainfoin.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
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Some tubers are very bulb-like in appearance, as the corms of crocus and gladiolus.
Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...
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All over the land the gladiolus bulb and the ice man begin to swell.
Remarks
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Young Antyllus had requested a Roman dish he was homesick for: stuffed cuttlefish and baked gladiolus bulbs.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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She had been weeding the gladiolus bed.
Hillsboro People
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A neighboring border glowed with autumn flowers: ribands of asters, spikes of crimson gladiolus, ranks of dahlias.
Ranching for Sylvia
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The parentage of America is very much in doubt, as three prominent gladiolus breeders claim the honor of originating it.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
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It can be too jangly on the eye when it saturates certain plants such as salvia and gladiolus in summertime.
The Irish Times
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Sitting in the corner in a tattered gladiolus-blossom armchair, he looked increasingly grim, his fingers drumming loudly on the threadbare armrest.
The Lost Sisterhood
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They stay in blossom a long time, each stalk opening out slowly from the bottom to the top of the spike, like a gladiolus.
Gardening Indoors and Under Glass / A Practical Guide to the Pla...
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They had tea in the little garden, where mignonette, stocks, and tobacco plants were in flower, and spikes of early gladiolus were just opening.
The Darling and Other Stories
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I know you have to take them up in the winter and store them like gladiolus, and they do not require very heavy soil.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
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NE of the most popular flowers of the day is the Gladiolus.
Amateur Gardencraft: A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover
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The Gladiolus is another bright and interesting addition to our floral family.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
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