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

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Example Sentences

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gloriosa

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

On the Luéna. 4th February, 1873.—Return to camp on the rivulet with much Methonica gloriosa on its banks.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi by Horace Waller

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

"But, Jacky," said the frump pleadingly, "I think it's a phusiotus gloriosa."

From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott

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 Alfred Russel Wallace

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