名詞 gladiolus:

1. 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
   同義詞：gladiola, glad, sword lily
2. the large central part of the breastbone
   同義詞：corpus sternum

glad.i.o.lus

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 glad.i.o.li[-lo, -lô] 或 glad.i.o.lus.es
Also glad.i.o.la [-l…] Botany Any of numerous plants of the genusGladiolus, native chiefly to tropical and southern Africa and having sword-shaped leaves and showy, variously colored, irregular flowers arranged in one-sided spikes. Also called sword lily
也作 glad.i.o.la [-l…] 【植物學(xué)】 唐菖蒲，劍蘭：一種菖蒲屬 植物，原產(chǎn)于非洲的熱帶地區(qū)和南部地區(qū)，有劍形的葉子和成單面穗狀花序的顏色艷麗、不規(guī)則的花 也作 sword lily
Anatomy The large middle section of the sternum.
【解剖學(xué)】 胸骨體：胸骨很大的中間部分

來(lái)源：
Middle English gladiol
中古英語(yǔ) gladiol
from Latin gladiolus [wild iris] [diminutive of] gladius [sword] * see gladiator
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) gladiolus [野鳶尾] [] gladius的小后綴 [劍] *參見(jiàn) gladiator