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Any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous [syn: glory lily , climbing lily , creeping lily , Gloriosa ...
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Gloriosa is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae , and include the formerly recognised genus Littonia . They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia , and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated. ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gloriosa \Glo`ri*o"sa\, n. [Nl., fr. L. gloriosus. See Glorious .] (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives of India.
Usage examples of gloriosa.
Il tuo popolo come il resto dei popoli della penisola, passato sotto le verghe dello straniero, ha perduto la gloriosa impronta di grandezza che lo distingueva ai tempi di Venier e di Dandolo.
Venice even a huge church like Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari could disappear into the closely-packed buildings around it.
Venice, in the splendid temple of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, beside the tombs of doges and condottieri of the fifteenth century there stands that wretched monument upon which the great name of Titian has been traced.