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Definition of Genus Gloriosa
1. Noun. Sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species: glory lily.
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Climbing Lily, Creeping Lily, Gloriosa, Gloriosa Superba, Glory Lily
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gloriosa
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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