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gladiolus

gla·dio·lus

UK/ɡlædɪˈəʊləs/ US/ɡlædɪˈoʊləs/ uncommon

noun

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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

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”). Compare Middle English gladiol, whence gladiole.

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