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gladiola

gladiola noun: gladiolus.

Noun

gladiola (plural gladiolas)

  1. (US) Gladiolus.

Proper noun capitalized: Gladiola

Gladiola

  1. A female given name.
    • Mrs. Will Shere and daughter Gladiola of Ludington are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bennett.1903 September 18, “Arbela”, in The Saginaw Evening News, last edition, 23rd year, number 118, Saginaw, Mich., →OCLC, page 7, column 4
    • Gladiola Manning, 83, homemaker, widow of Clenzy Manning, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Osceola.1995 November 3, “[Mid-South Deaths] Arkansas”, in The Commercial Appeal, 156th year, number 307, Memphis, Tenn.: Scripps Howard, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A9, column 1

Forms of gladiola

pluralgladiolas

Origin of gladiola

From gladiol(us) + -a.

Words that rhyme with gladiola

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about gladiola

What does gladiola mean?
Gladiola means gladiolus.
What part of speech is gladiola?
Gladiola can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of gladiola?
The plural of gladiola is gladiolas.

Words near gladiola in the dictionary

  1. gladified
  2. gladifies
  3. gladify
  4. gladifying
  5. gladii
  6. gladiola
  7. gladiolar
  8. gladiolas
  9. gladiole
  10. gladioles
  11. gladioli

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