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Gladiolus   Listen
noun
Gladiolus  n.  (pl. L. gladioli, E. gladioluses)  
1.
(Bot.) 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.
(Anat.) The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.





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"Gladiolus" Quotes from Famous Books



... the liver.—Wounded outside Heilbron at a range of fifty yards. Entry (Mauser), in the tenth right interspace 2 inches to the right of the dorsal spines; exit, through the gladiolus, immediately to the right of the median line, and just above the junction with the ensiform cartilage. There was considerable shock on reception of the injury, and a great feeling of dizziness. Continuous vomiting set in ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins
... on the Continent it extends from southern Europe all through France. Now, what do these two plants mark? They give us a point in botany, though not in time, to determine when the south of England was parted from the opposite shores of France; and whenever that was, it was just after the Gladiolus and Spiranthes got hither. Two little colonies of these lovely flowers arrived just before their retreat was cut off. They found the country already occupied with other plants; and, not being reinforced by fresh colonists from the south, have not been able ...
— Health and Education • Charles Kingsley


Words linked to "Gladiolus" :   iridaceous plant, sternum, breastbone, glad, sword lily, os


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