corn-flagn.
A plant of the genus Gladiolus or Sword-lily, family Iridaceæ, species of which are cultivated as garden flowers.
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gladiolec1420
corn-flag1578
corn-sedge1597
lily-grass1597
sword-grass1598
petty gladdon1601
sword-lily1786
Afrikaner1801
freesia1879
kalkoentjie1906
painted lady1906
Afrikander1913
glad1923
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxxviii. 196 Corne flagge or Gladioll.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 96 French Corne Flag hath small stiffe leaues.
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xxi. 189 Next unto the Flagges or Flowerdeluces, come the Gladioli or Corne Flagges.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 71/1 The Indian Corn-flag hath the flowers growing on both sides the stalk, and are of a sad red.
1841–4 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. xi. 263 You shall still see..the tasselled grass, or the corn-flags.
1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 27 Corn Flag.—The wild European species, G. communis, is perfectly hardy in England.
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