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Flame-flower   /fleɪm-flˈaʊər/   Listen
Flame-flower

noun
1.
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.
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.  Synonyms: flame flower, flameflower, Talinum aurantiacum.





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... Our Flame-flower, the Family Flame-flower, is now plainly established in the north-east corner of the pergola, and flourishes exceedingly. There, or thereabouts, it will remain through the generations to come—a cascade of glory to the eye, ...
— The Holiday Round • A. A. Milne


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