Source : WordNet®

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}]
     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}]