- gladiolus, gladiola, 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
--1 is a kind of iridaceous plant
--1 is a member of genus Gladiolus - gladiolus, corpus sternum - the large central part of the breastbone
--2 is a kind of bone, os
--2 is a part of sternum, breastbone