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flame-flower meaning and definition
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Definition of flame-flower (noun)
- a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
- synonyms: flame flower, flameflower, kniphofia, tritoma
- 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
- synonyms: flame flower, flameflower, Talinum aurantiacum
Source: Princeton University Wordnet