flameflower

A noun referring to a plant with long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers, belonging to the genus Kniphofia, or a plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil, native to the southwestern United States.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa plantas do gênero Kniphofia, com folhas longas e herbáceas e altas hastes florais com flores vermelhas ou amarelas pendentes, ou plantas de raízes carnosas e caules eretos com folhas estreitas e suculentas e uma flor avermelhada-alaranjada em cada axila superior da folha, nativas do sudoeste dos Estados Unidos.

1. Red-hot poker plant C1 formal

   A plant of the genus Kniphofia, characterized by long grasslike leaves and tall stalks bearing drooping red or yellow flowers.

   • The flameflower added a vibrant splash of color to the garden.
   • She planted several flameflowers along the border for a dramatic effect.
   • The tall scapes of the flameflower attracted many hummingbirds.

   🇵🇹Tritoma

   Sinônimos: flame-flowerred-hot pokertritoma

2. Talinum aurantiacum C1 formal american

   A plant with fleshy roots and erect stems, narrow succulent leaves, and one reddish-orange flower per upper leaf axil, native to the southwestern United States; its roots were once cooked by Indigenous peoples.

   • The flameflower thrives in the arid conditions of the southwestern desert.
   • Botanists studied the flameflower's adaptation to dry climates.
   • Historically, the fleshy roots of the flameflower were a food source for Native Americans.

   🇵🇹Talinum aurantiacum

• flameflowers plural form
• flameflowers' possessive plural form
• flameflower's possessive singular form