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[Fem. sing. of Latin gloriosus = fuil of glory, glorious. Bot.: A genus of Liliaceæ, and apparently of the tribe Tulipeæ. Gloriosa superb a is, as its name implies, a splendid flower. It climbs by a tendril, in which the lanceolate leaves terminate. The flowers are large, red, and yellow. The plant grows in India. Its root is generally deemed poisonous. G. simplex is found in the Him a lay as, and G. virescens in Sene gambia. The name Gloriosa, given by Linnæus, is now generally altered to Methonica (q. v.). *glör-i-ō-ser, s. [Lat. gloriosus =boastful.] A boaster. "Prattling gloriosers (have) the smallest performance of courage."-Green: Menaphron, p. 82. *glör-i-ōsō, s. [Ital.] A boaster.