noun
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
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Hyponyms: ↑poker plant, ↑Kniphofia uvaria
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Kniphofia
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
• Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower
• Hyponyms:
↑narrow-leaved flame flower, ↑Talinum augustissimum, ↑pigmy talinum, ↑Talinum brevifolium, ↑rock pink, ↑Talinum calycinum, ↑jewels-of-opar, ↑Talinum paniculatum, ↑spiny talinum, ↑Talinum spinescens
• Member Holonyms: ↑Talinum, ↑genus Talinum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.