GLADIOLUS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the large central part of the breastbone
   Synonym(s)
   • corpus sternum (what does corpus sternum mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) gladiolus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bone (what does bone mean?)
   • os (what does os mean?)
2. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • gladiola (what does gladiola mean?)
   • sword lily (what does sword lily mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) gladiolus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • iridaceous plant (what does iridaceous plant mean?)