gladiolus

gladiolus has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily.
• n.. The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.
• n.. the large central part of the breastbone
• n.. 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