What is "flameflower"

flameflower \flameflower\, flame flower \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.

2. plant of the Southwestern U. S. with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil. Its fleshy roots were once cooked by Indians.

1. 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, flame-flower]

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, flame-flower, Talinum aurantiacum]