单词 | flameflower |
释义 | flameflower (extremely rare) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY flameflower 1 n 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 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper Talinum aurantiacum, flame flower, flame-flower Talinum augustissimum, narrow-leaved flame flower similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States Talinum brevifolium, pigmy talinumlow plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States Talinum calycinum, rock pinkpink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States Talinum paniculatum, jewels-of-oparerect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere Talinum spinescens, spiny talinumlow cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States wild flower, wildflower wild or uncultivated flowering plant n a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers Syn|Hypo|Hyper flame flower, flame-flower, kniphofia, tritoma Kniphofia uvaria, poker plant clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers Kniphofia praecox, red-hot pokerwidely cultivated hybrid poker plant herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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