"Gladioli" is a word in ENGLISH

Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus.

A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag.

The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.

A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and …

A little sword or dagger; a kind of sedge. Mat. Paris

of Gladiolus

Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (Iridaceae), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gladiolus, …