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}]

2: plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow

succulent leaves and 1 reddish-orange flower in each upper

leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked

the fleshy roots [syn: {flame flower}]