gloriosa

British  

/ ˌɡləʊrɪˈəʊsə /

noun

1. Also called: glory lily.  any plant of the bulbous tropical African genus Gloriosa, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse climbers for their showy flowers of yellow, orange, and red: family Liliaceae

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Etymology

Origin of gloriosa

New Latin, from Latin gloriosus glorious

Example Sentences

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gloriosa

There are several varieties, differing in colour of foliage, including Y. gloriosa glaucescens, with decidedly glaucous foliage; Y. gloriosa superba, with rigid leaves and a shorter and denser flower scape; and another with variegated leaves.

From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan

Yucca filamentosa, 306. filamentosa variegata, 306. gloriosa, 307. recurva, 308. thready-leaved, 306. weeping, 308.

From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John

Res gloriosa is an illustrious thing; but vir gloriosus is commonly a braggart, as in miles gloriosus.

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel

When I consider that, if it had not been for la gloriosa, our railway would have been at point of completion, such desperation seizes me that—" "This is only a passing conclusion, Don Maximo....

From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

But my finest discovery here was the Cicindela gloriosa, which I found on mossy stones just rising above the water.

From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel