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gladiate

[glad-ee-it, -eyt, gley-dee-]

adjective Botany.

swordshaped.

Origin:
1785–95; < Latin gladi(us) sword + -ate¹

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gladiate (ˈɡlædɪɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈɡleɪ-)

—*adj*
	botany shaped like a sword: gladiate leaves

[C18: from Latin gladius sword]

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