What does gladiolus mean?
Gladiolus means (anatomy) The center part of the sternum..
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/ɡlædɪˈəʊləs/ · noun
(anatomy) The center part of the sternum..
Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
Use gladiolus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gladiolus means (anatomy) The center part of the sternum..
Common synonyms include sword lily, gladiola, corpus sternum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
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