GLADIOLUS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.


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