Flameflower

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flameflower
       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}]
       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},
           {Talinum aurantiacum}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}, {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}, {flameflower},
           {Talinum aurantiacum}]