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.
The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.
diminutive of Latin gladius = a sword, hence, hance a small sword, term applied to the body of the sternum.
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
A great flower for cutting, gladiolus is notable for its sword-shaped leaves, which explains its other commonly used names, sword lilies and corn lilies. Gladiolus comes in virtually every color except blue, and can be bi- or tri-colored. The plant can grow from two to six feet in height, while the flowers range from one to eight inches in diameter. The flowers are readily available in summer and generally last seven to ten days.
Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword), sometimes called the sword lily, is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae).
