Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

gloriosa
     n : 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: {glory lily}, {climbing lily},
         {creeping lily}, {Gloriosa superba}]