The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word GLADIOLI
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GLADIOLI
- Bloomers revealed by daughter in dressing, girl disheartened initially
- Happy couple in Rome crossing banks of oriental flowers
- Bloomers German chap initially lampooned in Room 101
- Good boy with no-frills violin blossoms
- Pleased to fiddle, dropping skirts and bloomers
- Boy employed by Joe on oil rig oddly blossoms
- Happy setter gets 51 fowers
- I must go behind boy, one wearing short yellow bloomers
- Good boy, 11, carrying old lady’s first flowers
- Happy island processed oil flowers
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What does GLADIOLI mean?
GLADIOLI noun- The center part of the sternum.
- Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.