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A perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers
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gloriosa
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Gloriosa is a " symphonic poem for band" composed by Yasuhide Ito . It has three movements: Oratio Cantus Dies Festus. These songs are about Japanese Christians of the Edo Period and their fight to keep their ways. This stirring and powerful homage to early ...
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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 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.