flameflower

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flameflower Definition

• (n) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
• (n) plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots

flameflower Synonyms

• flame flower
• flame-flower
• flameflower
• kniphofia
• Talinum aurantiacum
• tritoma