gloriosa
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of gloriosa
New Latin, from Latin gloriosus glorious
Example Sentences
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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 Samuel Johnson
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 Armando Palacio Vald?s
If the secondary floral axes give rise to tertiary ones, the raceme is branching, and forms a panicle, as in Yucca gloriosa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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 Angus Duncan Webster
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 John Wood
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