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Definition of Gladiole
1. n. A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag.
Definition of Gladiole
1. a flower of the iris family [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gladiole
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gladiole
Literary usage of Gladiole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Family Receipt Book: Containing Eight Hundred Valuable Receipts in by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1819)
"... deficient harvests, is used in many of the northern parts of the continent.
278. Bread made from the Water gladiole. , The root of the flowering rush, ..."
2. Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History, Husbandry, and Physick: To by Benjamin Stillingfleet (1775)
"... and attain the American water gladiole, if we had not found out that it was
of the genus of our water gladiole? The Europeans at vaft expence went on ..."
3. The River-side Naturalist: Notes on the Various Forms of Life Met with by Edward Hamilton (1890)
"The Water gladiole or Grassie Rush," says Gerarde, " is of all others the fairest
and most pleasant to behold, and serveth well for the decking and trimming ..."
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