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]