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flameflower
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun flameflower has 2 senses
- flameflower(n = noun.plant) flame flower, flame-flower, kniphofia, tritoma - a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
- flameflower(n = noun.plant) flame flower, flame-flower, talinum aurantiacum - 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; Array is a kind of wild flower, wildflower
is a member of genus kniphofia
has particulars: kniphofia uvaria, poker plant
is a member of genus talinum, talinum
has particulars: narrow-leaved flame flower, talinum augustissimum, pigmy talinum, talinum brevifolium, rock pink, talinum calycinum, jewels-of-opar, talinum paniculatum, spiny talinum, talinum spinescens
CIDE DICTIONARY
flameflower, n.
- a plant of the genus
Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers. [WordNet 1.5] - plant of the Southwestern U. S. with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil. Its fleshy roots were once cooked by Indians. [WordNet 1.5]
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