| slovo | definícia |
flameflower
(encz) | flameflower, n: |
flameflower
(gcide) | 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.
[WordNet 1.5]
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.
[WordNet 1.5] |
flameflower
(wn) | flameflower
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, 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, flame-flower, flameflower,
Talinum aurantiacum] |
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