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noun
The center part of the sternum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: sword lily
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the large central part of the breastbone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: corpus sternum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bone, os
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gladiola, glad, sword lily
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: iridaceous plant
History
Learned borrowing from Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”). Compare Middle English gladiol, whence gladiole.
Across languages
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
