flame flower Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
    tritoma; flameflower; kniphofia; flame-flower.
  2. noun 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; Talinum aurantiacum; flame-flower.

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