Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flameflower

2 senses of flameflower

Sense 1
kniphofia, tritoma, flame flower, flame-flower, flameflower -- (a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2
flame flower, flame-flower, flameflower, Talinum aurantiacum -- (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)
       => wildflower, wild flower -- (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)