WordNet
flame-flower
n. 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]
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]
Usage examples of "flame-flower".
You have to be a very superior family indeed to have a flame-flower growing in your garden.
There have been times when I have almost lost faith, and not even the glories of our own flame-flower could cheer me.