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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various herbaceous succulent plants of the genus Talinum.
2. 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 wordnet
3. 3
   a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

flame flowerflame flowerflame-flowerkniphofiakniphofiatalinum aurantiacum

Etymology

From flame + flower.

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