n.
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
2.plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
Idiom of the Day
flare up
to become suddenly angry, to begin again suddenly
The fighting flared up again after the United Nations soldiers left the town.
