Definition of Genus Gloriosa

1. Noun. Sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species: glory lily.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gloriosa

genus Ginglymostoma
genus Ginkgo
genus Giraffa
genus Gladiolus
genus Glareola
genus Glaucium
genus Glaucomys
genus Glaux
genus Glechoma
genus Gleditsia
genus Gleichenia
genus Gliricidia
genus Glis
genus Globicephala
genus Globigerina
genus Gloriosa (current term)
genus Glossina
genus Glossodia
genus Glossopsitta
genus Gloxinia
genus Glyceria
genus Glycine
genus Glycyrrhiza
genus Gnaphalium
genus Gnetum
genus Gobiesox
genus Gobio
genus Gomphotherium
genus Gomphrena
genus Goniopteris

Literary usage of Genus Gloriosa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"... 12 has recently shown that characteristic secondary growth is present in the bundles of the tuberous base of the stem of the liliaceous genus Gloriosa. ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... and has the under parts mostly pale-buff cross-barred with brown. — Superb Illy, a plant of the genus Gloriosa, especially G. superba.— Superb warbler. ..."

3. Flowers from Foreign Lands ; Their History and Botany, with Concise by Robert Tyas (1853)
"There are only two species of the genus Gloriosa, a name given to this Superb Lily, because of the glorious colour of its flowers, and the singular elegance ..."

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