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Gloriosa

noun
1.
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.  Synonyms: climbing lily, creeping lily, Gloriosa superba, glory lily.



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"Gloriosa" Quotes from Famous Books



... unconscious of affinity or contrast, a little person in scarlet comes dancing into the picture, which opens to receive her, for she belongs to it. Her hands are full of Gloriosa lilies, fiery red, terra-cotta, yellow, delicate old-rose and green—such a mingling of colour, but nothing discordant—and the child, waving her spoils above her head, sings at the top of her voice something intended to be the chorus ...
— Lotus Buds • Amy Carmichael

... [Basil, 1535. p. 134]; but the original is, "And such a struggle was thus accomplished by this celebrated virgin;" ([Greek: kai ho men taes aoidimou koraes toioutos kataegoisisto athlos]; Tale certamen ab hac percelebri et gloriosa virgine confectum fait.); and such is ...
— Primitive Christian Worship • James Endell Tyler

... Maria-Gloriosa of adultery, and nobody has calumniated the Empress and her minister, whom God has damned in the other world. Ladislas Ferkoz was his sovereign's lover until he died, and made his august master ridiculous and almost odious, for the man, no ...
— The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume III (of 8) • Guy de Maupassant



Words linked to "Gloriosa" :   poisonous plant, Yucca gloriosa



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