flameflower, n.
(flameflowers)
(flameflowers)
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
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Talinum aurantiacum flame flower flame-flower flameflower
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a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
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flame flower flame-flower flameflower kniphofia tritoma
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