Gloriosa

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gloriosa
       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 superba}]