Glory Lily (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The exotic appearance of the glory lily with its curled tendrils made it a standout feature in the greenhouse.
- Horticulturists should be aware of the glory lily's toxic properties before adding it to a public display garden.
- Her botany instructor led her on a fascinating journey to learn about various types of flowering plants including the rare glory lily.
- These bright and exotic glory lily flowers only last a short period before fading but produce offsets which quickly fill out any container.
- Several tourists died in an isolated incident from using different plant species to try making traditional folk medicine without the required caution; particularly noted among those is a small collection that handled gloriosa glory lily or poisonous herbs, improperly extracting highly active, biologically concentrated metabolites or crude poison therefrom in extreme methods like concentrated steepings over and long days where extract handling times out passed much lethal toxins delivery dose control options time - luckily quickly reversed then many an act learned immediately quickly quashing both need.scalablytypedThe rare instance poisoning episodes usually serve quickly turn medicinal remedies; no extracts by botanical substances (wild-picked herb toxicity non-native residents like death possibly near touch / 'doze reach after brief simple poison.'