Definition of Gladioles

1. gladiole [n] - See also: gladiole

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gladioles

gladiators
gladiatorship
gladiatorships
gladiatory
gladiatour
gladiatours
gladiature
gladiatures
gladier
gladiest
gladii
gladiola
gladiolar
gladiolas
gladiole
gladioles (current term)
gladioli
gladiolus
gladioluses
gladite
gladius
gladiuses
gladiusite
gladlier
gladliest
gladly
gladly suffer fools
gladness
gladnesses
glads

Literary usage of Gladioles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vegetable World: Being a History of Plants, with Their Botanical by Louis Figuier (1869)
"The gladioles have bilabiate flowers of great brilliancy; they are chiefly natives of Southern Africa. ..."

2. Victorian Poets by Edmund Clarence ( Stedman (1901)
""They chase them each, below, above,— Half maddened by their minstrelsy, — Thro' garths of crimson gladioles ; And, shimmering soft like ..."

3. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville: With by Mary Somerville (1874)
"The orchises and the gladioles are the chief flowers now, but such a variety and such colours! You see we have our quiet pleasures. ..."

4. Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse by William Peterfield Trent (1905)
"IN girandoles of gladioles The day had kindled flame; And Heaven a door of gold and pearl Unclosed when Morning, — like a girl, A red rose twisted in a curl ..."

5. Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse by William Peterfield Trent (1905)
"IN girandoles of gladioles The day had kindled flame; And Heaven a door of gold and pearl Unclosed when Morning, ..."

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