Hyphenation of gladiolus

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word gladiolus? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

glad-i-o-lus

Definitions of gladiolus:

1.	Any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers Widely cultivated
2.	The large central part of the breastbone

Synonyms of gladiolus:

noun	gladiola, sword lily, iridaceous plant
noun	corpus sternum, bone, os

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