Meaning

1 senses

  1. Gladiolus (flowering plant)

More definitions
  • plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
  • 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

Forms

plural: sword lilies
Singularsword lily
Pluralsword lilies

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals:irisflagfleur-de-lis
  • 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:gladiolusgladiolaglad

See also

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