gloriosa lily

[glawr-ee-oh-suh, glohr-]

noun

1. a climbing lily of the genus Gloriosa, native to Africa and Asia, having showy red and yellow flowers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gloriosa lily¹

< New Latin Gloriosa genus name; Latin glōriōsa, feminine of glōriōsus glorious

Example Sentences

There are a few cases which seem to be exceptions to this rule, but they are not so in truth; for instance, in the Gloriosa lily, the stigma of the grotesque and rectangularly bent pistil is brought, not into any pathway from the outside towards the nectar-secreting recesses of the flower, but into the circular route which insects follow in proceeding from one nectary to the other.

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But these sub-divisions graduate into each other, as we shall see under Corydalis and the Gloriosa lily.

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Hence this plant acquires its climbing powers later in life than does the Gloriosa lily.

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