Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gladiolus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gladiolus \Gla*di"o*lus\, n.; pl. L. {Gladioli}, E.
{Gladioluses}. [L. See {Gladiole}.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate
leaves, and including many species, some of which are
cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the
corn flag; the sword lily.
2. (Anat.) The middle portion of the sternum in some animals;
the mesosternum.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gladiolus
n 1: 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 [syn: {gladiola}, {sword lily}]
2: the large central part of the breastbone [syn: {corpus
sternum}]
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