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flameflower

fla·mef·lo·wer

uncommon

noun

1.

a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers

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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

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From flame + flower.

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