| flame flower | (n) 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. Talinum aurantiacum, flameflower, flame-flower |
| kniphofia | (n) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers, Syn. tritoma, flameflower, flame-flower, flame flower |