gloriosa

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun 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

From the genus name.

No presume de tan gloriosa estirpe esta farsa, que por curiosidad de su espíritu inquieto os presenta un poeta de ahora. — Tres Comedias : $b Sin querer; De pequenas causas...; Los intereses creados, Jacinto Benavente
[10] Es el gran monumento, que al fin del interesante camino de nuestra producción intelectual se levanta para decir que la obra gloriosa de exhumación de todo el pasado nacional está, por fin, terminada. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
She is the vyolet, The daysy delectáble, The columbine commendáble, The jelofer[13] amyáble; For this most goodly floure, This blossom of fressh coloúr, So Jupiter me succoúr, She flourysheth new and new In beaute and vertéw; Hac claritate gemina, O gloriosa femina, etc. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

glory lily, climbing lily, creeping lily, Gloriosa superba

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