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Flowers for large vases
Answer for the clue "Flowers for large vases ", 8 letters:
gladioli
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gladiolus \Gla*di"o*lus\, n.; pl. L. Gladioli , E. Gladioluses . [L. See Gladiole .] (Bot.) A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; ...
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Usage examples of gladioli.
He carried his bag across the parched lawn, between the beds of Beauty Bush and forced gladioli, and let himself into the neat spare double room with the armchair, the bedside table, the Currier and Ives print, the chest of drawers and the brown plastic ash-tray that are standard motel equipment all over America.
Fighting her way through until she was blocked by a large bed of purple and salmon-pink gladioli, Cameron saw James up the other end interviewing Valerie and quickly stifled a scream of laughter.
Pirated tapes of Beaver's flatfoot through the gladioli are no doubt circulating the network already, and it won't be long before they reach the press and the IBA.
Water sloshed into Gunzer's ears and dripped off his chin, and gladioli settled onto Gunzer's charcoal gray suit in colorful confusion.
The armload of silk bouquet for the bride to carry is silk gladioli and white poly-silk dahlias and tulips trailing yards of white silk honeysuckle.
Quantità enormi di bianchi gladioli sugli altari e paramenti di raso così finemente ricamati che a volte sembravano dipinti.
A patrician rose would not have been caught out with blight in such surroundings, and gladioli and snapdragon recoiled from the stench of decomposing vegetation and insects.
Peonies and gladioli seeped caustic liquids from their petals to burn any competing flower that grew too near.