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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Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
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Examples for "glad "
1 And she was always glad that this particular case wasn't her problem.
2 Environment Minister Stephen Dawson said he was glad action had been taken.
3 How does the war go? Skylan asked, glad to change the subject.
4 The weather conditions were tough today so I'm glad to go through.
5 I suppose I should be glad this didn't happen ten minutes ago.
1 The purple gladiolus glows through all its green fields in early spring.
2 To-day I would forget my loved one, to recall only the gladiolus .
3 Broom, and cytisus, and hawthorn mingled with roses, gladiolus , and sainfoin.
4 Some tubers are very bulb-like in appearance, as the corms of crocus and gladiolus .
5 All over the land the gladiolus bulb and the ice man begin to swell.
1 The gladiola bulbs are looking older than when I put them away last fall.
2 As the sun sets, the last rays intensify the yellows, purples, and reds of gladiola .
3 Gladiola learned to injure a piano at a conservatory of music.
4 According to Gladiola , the westbound train leaves at noon.
5 The way Gladiola went after one of Beethoven's sonatas and slapped its ears was pitiful.
1 What a pugnacious Lily-a sword -Lily
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