gladiolus /glad-i-ōˈləs, rarely glə-dīˈo-ləs/

1. Any plant of a genus (Gladiolus) of the family Iridaceae, with sword-shaped leaves and long spikes of brightly coloured flowers (also gladˈiole)
2. The middle part of the sternum (anatomy)

• hard-pushed
• hard put to it
• hard radiation
• hard-riding
• hard right
• hard rock
• hard-rock geology
• hard roe
• hard rubber
• hard rubbers
• hard-ruled
• hard-run
• hards
• hard sauce
• hard sauces
• hard science
• hardscrabble
• hard-sectored
• hard sell
• hard sells
• hard-set
• hardshell
• hardshell clam
• hardshell clams
• hardship