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glad

1 9.1

A tall garden flower with long stems and bright flowers used in arrangements

noun
/ˈɡlæd/

: gladiolo

The garden was vibrant with bright glads that bloomed throughout the summer.

Examples

And you be sure to take your mama those glads.

Marnie (1964)
But I am going to give the glad because it's pretty shocking.
"But these are so friendly, not like all those horrible glads and mums that were always downstairs."

Fiction book (1999)
Excellent, that's two dozen glads, one pottet fern.

The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
After carefully arranging the glads in the bouquet, she placed it on the dining table for the guests.
She chose a variety of glads for the wedding ceremony to create a stunning centerpiece.

Synonyms

gladiola

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2 6.3

A garden flower with long sword-shaped leaves and bright flowers on a tall stem

is the broader garden term for many cultivated plant types

Gladiolus

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Specialized

1 7.5

A tall flowering plant with long spikes of bright, colorful flowers

is the everyday cultivated plant term rather than the formal genus name

sword lily

vsglad

7.1

A tall garden plant with long narrow leaves and bright flower spikes

is the botanical description focusing on cultivation and funnel-shaped flowers

Idioms

to get glad in the same pants one got mad in

Informal

9.9

To stop being angry and be happy again without changing anything

to give the glad eye

NSFW

9.9

Look at someone to show romantic or sexual interest

Compounds

glad hand

Informal

7.7

A warm friendly greeting that may not be sincere

Surface Forms

glad singular

glads plural

Etymology

Glad for the flower comes from gladiolus, which comes from the Latin gladius meaning 'sword'. The plant's long, sword-shaped leaves look like a small warrior's weapon, so people shortened gladiolus to glad.