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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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, 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, flameflower,
          Talinum aurantiacum]