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Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword [2]) is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). [3] Gladiolus italicus, Behbahan, Iran. It is sometimes called the 'sword lily', but is usually called by its generic name (plural gladioli). [4]
In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings. New symbols have also arisen: one of the most known in the United Kingdom is the red poppy as a symbol of remembrance of the fallen in war.
Papaver rhoeas, with common names including common poppy, [3] corn poppy, corn rose, field poppy, [4] Flanders poppy, red poppy, and Odai, is an annual herbaceous species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It is native to north Africa and temperate Eurasia and is introduced into temperate areas on all other continents except ...
A poppy flower is depicted on the reverse of the Macedonian 500-denar banknote, issued in 1996 and 2003. [14] The poppy is also part of the coat of arms of North Macedonia. Canada has issued special quarters (25-cent coins) with a red poppy on the reverse in 2004, 2008, 2010, and 2015.
The female figure known popularly as the poppy goddess is perhaps a representation of the goddess as the bringer of sleep or death. [1] The figurines found at Gazi, which are larger than any previously produced on Minoan Crete, are rendered in an extremely stylized manner. The bodies are rigid, the skirts simple cylinders, and the poses ...
List of paintings created during 1858–1871 1872–1878 1878–1881 1881–1883 1884 1884–1888 1888 1888–1898 1899–1904 1900–1926 This is a list of works by Claude Monet (1840–1926), including all the extant finished paintings but excluding the Water Lilies, which can be found here, and preparatory black and white sketches. Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and ...
Gladiolus communis, the eastern gladiolus, [2] or common corn-flag, [3] [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to temperate northern Africa, western Asia and southern Europe, from the Mediterranean to the Caucasus, [4] and widely naturalised in frost-free locations elsewhere – such as coastal parts of the southwestern British Isles.
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