What is the meaning of flame-flower?

noun

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