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gloriosa lily
[ glawr-ee-oh-suh, glohr- ]
noun
- a climbing lily of the genus Gloriosa, native to Africa and Asia, having showy red and yellow flowers.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gloriosa lily1
< New Latin Gloriosa genus name; Latin ²µ±ôÅ°ù¾±Å²õ²¹, feminine of ²µ±ôÅ°ù¾±Å²õ³Ü²õ glorious
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There are a few cases which seem to be exceptions to this rule, but they are not so in truth; for instance, in the Gloriosa lily, the stigma of the grotesque and rectangularly bent pistil is brought, not into any pathway from the outside towards the nectar-secreting recesses of the flower, but into the circular route which insects follow in proceeding from one nectary to the other.
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But these sub-divisions graduate into each other, as we shall see under Corydalis and the Gloriosa lily.
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Hence this plant acquires its climbing powers later in life than does the Gloriosa lily.
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