flame-flower

2 definitions found

flame-flower - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  flameflower \flameflower\, flame flower \flame flower\n.
     1. a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike
        leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers.
  
     Syn: kniphofia, tritoma.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. 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]

flame-flower - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  flame-flower
      n 1: a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves
           and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers [syn:
           kniphofia, tritoma, flame flower, flame-flower,
           flameflower]
      2: 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 [syn: flame flower, flame-flower, flameflower,
         Talinum aurantiacum]