gladiola
Tall spiked bloom
Gladiola is a variant of gladiolus, the tall flowering plant with sword-shaped leaves and spikes of brightly colored blooms.
The flowers grow in a vertical row along one side of the stalk, making them popular in formal arrangements: She cut gladiolas from the garden for the dining table.
The plural is gladiolas or gladiolae.
Arranged cluster of blooms
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- bulbRounded storage organ
- cormBulblike underground stem base
- floristSeller of cut blooms
arrangement · vase · corsage · stalk · spike · perennial · cutting · nursery
Thing preserving remembrance
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- casketBurial container
- graveSerious and worrying
- mourningPeriod following loss
condolences · tribute · remembrance · spray · wreath · service · cemetery · bereavement
bouquet
Arranged cluster of blooms
florist · arrangement · vase · corsage · stalk · spike · perennial · cutting · nursery · petals
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
mourning · condolences · tribute · remembrance · spray · wreath · service · cemetery · bereavement · arrangement
vibrant
Full of life, intensity
rainbow · showy · striking · multicolored · brilliant · radiant · hues · saturated · eye-catching · dazzling
spike
Sharp rise or point
upright · statuesque · height · dramatic · architectural · backdrop · border · statement · reaching · columnar