gladiolus
pronunciation
How to pronounce gladiolus in British English:
UK [ˌglædiˈəʊləs]
How to pronounce gladiolus in American English:
US [ˌglædiˈoʊləs]
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- Noun:
- 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
- the large central part of the breastbone
Word Origin
- gladiolus (n.)
- "wild iris," c. 1000, from Latin gladiolus "wild iris, sword-lily," literally "small sword," diminutive of gladius "sword" (see gladiator); the plant so called by Pliny in reference to its sword-shaped leaves. The Old English form of the word was gladdon. Form gladiol is attested from mid-15c.; the modern use perhaps represents a 1560s reborrowing from Latin.
Example
- 1. Gladiolus corm rot caused by sclerotium rolfsii in argentina .
- 2. Yellow gladiolus flower bulbs gardening has large market .
- 3. Gladiolus iris is a perennial herb branch .
- 4. Manifestation of heterosis in exotic x indig-enous crosses of gladiolus .
- 5. Researches on morphogenesis and its physiological mechanism of gladiolus cormel .