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GENUS GLADIOLUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gladiolas
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Gladiolus" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gladiolus"):
glad; gladiola; gladiolus; sword lily (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)
Holonyms ("genus Gladiolus" is a member of...):
family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)
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