gladiateadj.
/ˈɡleɪdɪət/ Botany.
Sword-shaped (see quots.).
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jagged1548
crowned1578
fingered1597
handed1597
hooded1597
unbranched1665
starred1693
bell-like1754
bell-shaped1758
campaniform1758
columniferous1785
gladiate1793
bottlebrush1798
antlereda1806
muscariform1839
sagittiferous1858
crested1861
unseptated1899
unseptate1900
palmiform1962
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. I3v Gladiata siliqua, Gladiatum legumen. A gladiate or sword-shaped silique or legume.
1836 Penny Cycl. V. 252 Gladiate, the same as ensiform, but broader and shorter.
1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Gladiate, flat, straight or slightly curved, with the edges parallel and apex acute; as the leaves of an Iris. Also a synonyme for ‘ancipital’.
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