Definition of flame-flower Flame-flower
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| flame-flower - 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 | ||
| flame flower, flameflower, Talinum aurantiacum | ||
| wild flower, wildflower wild or uncultivated flowering plant | ||
| genus talinum, talinum genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs | ||
| narrow-leaved flame flower, talinum augustissimum similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States | ||
| pigmy talinum, talinum brevifolium low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States | ||
| rock pink, talinum calycinum pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States | ||
| jewels-of-opar, talinum paniculatum erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere | ||
| flame-flower - a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers | ||
| kniphofia, tritoma, flame flower, flameflower | ||
| herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | ||
| genus kniphofia genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae | ||
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