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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
gloriosa
    n 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 [syn: gloriosa, glory lily,
         climbing lily, creeping lily, Gloriosa superba]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

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