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gladioli Definition


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gladiolus
noun gladioli, gladioluses
    1. A perennial plant with upright sword-shaped leaves borne in flat fans and one-sided spikes of brightly coloured funnel-shaped flowers.
    2. Any of the one-sided spikes of flowers produced by this plant. Sometimes (colloq) shortened to glad.
Etymology: 16c: Latin diminutive of gladius sword.



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