Definitions for gladiolus

Overview of noun gladiolus

The noun gladiolus has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily

(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)

2. gladiolus, corpus sternum

(the large central part of the breastbone)